independent.ie on February 16, 2012 reported that a doctor has been cleared of a charge of failing to adequately examine an elderly, blind patient during a house call two days before he died. Dr Anthony Enobo Akpekpe (52) had diagnosed 74-year-old Patrick Lowe, who had been suffering vomiting and cramps in 2010, with a stomach bug. He later died after inhaling faecal matter as a result of an acute blockage of the bowel caused by a hernia. Yesterday, Dr Akpekpe was cleared of five charges of poor professional performance at a Medical Council fitness to practise hearing. However, a separate allegation that he failed to obtain an adequate medical history during his visit was upheld. Dr Akpekpe visited Mr Lowe in Monkstown, Dublin, on September 13, 2010, when he was working for the locum service Doctors on Duty.

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