Scots doctor accused of covering up Iraqi abuse
Herald Scotland reports (June 6th): A Scots-trained
doctor could be struck off by his professional body next week over allegations
he covered up the abuse of Iraqi civilians by British soldiers.
The General Medical Council (GMC) will convene its Fitness
to Practise Panel in Manchester to consider the role played by Dr Derek Keilloh
in the death of Baba Mousa and the treatment of other Iraqi detainees in Basra
over two days in 2003.
Baha Mousa death: army doctor 'ignored cries of tortured
men'
The Guardian reports (June 13th): A British army
doctor present at the death of hotel worker Baha Mousa was a criminal who
ignored the cries of men who were being tortured, a tribunal has heard.
Dr Derek Keilloh is appearing before the medical
practitioners tribunal service in Manchester, the judicial arm of the General
Medical Council, accused of a cover-up over the death of Mousa, who was beaten
to death by British soldiers in September 2003.
The tribunal heard from Ahmed al-Matairi, who said he was
taken to see Keilloh after he had undergone days of beatings by soldiers who
would kick him in the kidneys, legs and in the location of a hernia. He was in
a "bad state" and "between life and death" when he was
finally taken to the medical centre.
Naked from the waist down, he was handcuffed when Keilloh
examined him, he said. He claimed the doctor warned soldiers not to hit him any
more or he could die. "He just had a look at my hernia, leg, kidney and
said to them don't hit me. He is a criminal. He should not be a doctor."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/13/baha-mousa-doctor-faces-tribunal
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