Ex-medical chief ‘failed to follow up on tests for cancer patient’
Consultant in general medicine Dr Colm Quigley made the admission before a Medical Council fitness to practise inquiry where he faces nine allegations of poor professional performance. Dr Quigley’s...
View ArticleConsultant says `mistake’ occurred in sending patient for test
Dr Colm Quigley, consultant physician practising at Wexford General Hospital and the Ely Hospital at Ferrybank, Co Wexford, yesterday told a Medical Council fitness to practise inquiry he accepted a...
View ArticleConsultant who failed to track tests says system is outdated
Dr Colm Quigley, who is the current statutory clinical director of the hospital, said financial constraints have prevented the system from being replaced. He added that the hospital was one of the few...
View ArticleMedical Council’s past chief guilty of poor performance
Dr Colm Quigley, a consultant in general medicine and a former president of the Irish Hospital Consultants’ Association, had five allegations of poor professional performance proven against him before...
View ArticleWidow to sue consultant over husband’s treatment
A WIDOW plans to sue a leading consultant who failed to ensure medical tests were carried out on her husband. Dr Colm Quigley, a former president of both the Medical Council and the Irish Hospital...
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