Doctor misled inquiry over Baha Mousa’s injuries

[sharma-arke451]

BBC News, the Guardian, the Independent and the Daily Mail all report on the findings of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal investigating the British doctor who attended to the Iraqi detainee, Baha Mousa. Mousa died in 2003 with 93 injuries to his body whilst in British custody. The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service has ruled that Dr Derek Keilloh, who was an Army medic at the time, was guilty of ‘misleading and dishonest conduct’ after he claimed Mousa had “no visible injuries”.

 

From the BBC:

 

“The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service ruled Dr Keilloh was aware of the injuries but failed to report them or examine other detainees.

 

“Dr Keilloh had told the hearing, being prosecuted by the General Medical Council, there were no visible injuries as he tried to treat Mr Mousa before confirming his death.

 

“Mr Mousa had been hooded with a sandbag for nearly 24 hours and suffered 93 injuries, including fractured ribs and a broken nose, during the final 36 hours of his life in the custody of the Queen's Lancashire Regiment.

 

“The doctor… had denied a cover-up but was found guilty of a series of failures.

 

“He was found to have known of the dead man's condition, failed to have assessed other detainees or protect them from further mistreatment and not told senior officers what was going on.

 

“The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service said he engaged in "misleading and dishonest" conduct when, at courts martials and a subsequent public inquiry, he maintained under oath he saw no injuries to Mr Mousa's body.

 

“The panel ruled that while the injuries to Baha Mousa and others were the responsibility of British soldiers, there were "clearly failings by others with responsibility towards the detainees to have safeguarded their welfare".”

 

The report states that the tribunal will resume today to decide whether Keilloh’s actions amount to ‘misconduct’, and whether he should be penalised as a result.

 

Following publication of the report by the Baha Mousa Inquiry in 2011, the former chief legal advisor to the British Armed Forces in Iraq, Nicholas Mercer, stated that 'moral ambivalence' and a ‘cultural resistance to human rights' in the Ministry of Defence, were to blame for Mousa’s death. In October this year, the MoD declared that it would investigate claims that an inquiry into abuses by British soldiers in Iraq was not being conducted in a manner befitting the accusations of mistreatment and abuse.

 

the under scene of 'true' democracy

[sharma-arke451]

http://iengage.org.uk/news/2268-doctor-misled-inquiry-over-baha-mousas-injuries

[xabad]

Somalis are endless following arabs around, don't you know there was somali guy who was renditioned to america without due process. at least kaas ku mashquul.

[sharma-arke451]

what is wrong with ''following'' Arabs.?

[Che -Guevara]

^They are human.