A gynaecologist has been barred from practising for three months after she burned a woman's genitals while treating her for a venereal disease she did not have.
Gan Mie-fang, 62, was found guilty on a charge of professional misconduct by the Medical Council last night in the first case against a private doctor for not seeking a patient's consent in prescribing a treatment.
Council chairwoman Felice Lieh Mak said the case was serious because it called into question the trust between patients and doctors.
'As trust is violated in this case, professionalism is affected as well,' she said.
The council heard the doctor conducted electrocautery treatment on the woman at her clinic in Tsuen Wan on May 23, 2005, after diagnosing a venereal disease.
A doctor who saw the woman the next day said she was suffering from a common vaginal infection and had no sign of venereal disease.
