A doctor who physically and emotionally abused a woman on repeat occasions has been suspended
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A doctor working in Birmingham who repeatedly attacked a woman has been handed a suspension.
Dr Muhammed Imran qualified as a doctor in Pakistan in 2007 and moved to the UK in 2022.
He undertook a fellowship in Congenital Cardiac Surgery with the Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.
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But during his time in the UK he physically and emotionally abused his partner, the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MBTS) panel found.
The General Medical Council brought a misconduct case against Dr Imran that he ‘repeatedly or continuously’ abused Ms A – his partner, which impaired his fitness to practice as a doctor.
The MBTS heard Dr Imran had beat up his partner, punched her, pushed her on to a bed, grabbed her hair and scratched her face.
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At one stage he took his hand off the steering wheel of a car while driving ‘at 50mph’, in an attempt to slap her. He also held her arms with force for minutes.
Many of the attacks took place on more than one occasion.
The tribunal saw WhatsApp messages between the couple, viewed photographs of his victim, watched videos and heard voice recordings as well as hearing accounts from both sides.
As well as the physical abuse, Dr Imran also sent abusive messages to Ms A including saying ‘Daughter of a b****, you don’t know, you are shameless.
“I will kick you’re a** and kick you out. You are worthless.”
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Some 16 separate incidents/allegations were made and all but two of them were proved.
The tribunal found Ms A to be a ‘credible and reliable witness’.
It said: “Her accounts of events were measured and detailed and she was mostly consistent. Her evidence was backed up by the supporting WhatsApp messages and video/audio evidence.”
The tribunal also said: “Dr Imran’s credibility was weakened by inconsistencies between his oral evidence and the written evidence presented to the Tribunal.”
It gave an example of him denying he told Ms A to come off social media but then told the panel many times how he ‘disliked Ms A’s use of social media’.
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Dr Imran was found to have had breached ‘fundamental tenets of the medical profession’ as set out in the Good Medical Practice.
The tribunal said: “He had caused harm to Ms A through his emotional and physical abuse of her.”
It had found: “Dr Imran’s insight to be superficial and that he still sought to blame Ms A and had not taken responsibility for his actions.”
He was given the maximum suspension period of 12 months from March 27, but the tribunal did not consider ‘erasure’ – a complete ban – was needed saying: “The Tribunal concluded that erasure would not be an appropriate or a proportionate sanction at this stage and was not necessary for public protection.”
This was in part as the abuse had taken place in Dr Imran’s private life and not in his work.
In any event the tribunal found Dr Imran has ‘since returned to practise in Pakistan and relinquished his GMC licence to practise in 2025’.
