By Richard Spillett for MailOnline
Published: 08:21 GMT, 13 February 2019 | Updated: 08:21 GMT, 13 February 2019
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Dr Gyorgy Rakoczy, a Hungarian doctor working at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, has been ordered to complete an English language course
A Hungarian children’s doctor who left a little boy fighting for life following a bungled hospital operation is to undergo re-training after he failed a English tests.
Dr Gyorgy Rakoczy, who worked at the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, wrongly injected the four year old with a potentially lethal amount of carbolic acid when he misread a label in 2009.
The 64-year-old was temporarily suspended over the error, but then failed English tests in listening, reading, writing and speaking after he returned to work in 2017.
He was brought before a Medical Practitioners Tribunal this week, which put him under conditions until he has completed a English language course.
The tribunal panel heard Dr Rakoczy, who is originally from Budapest, has been working in the UK since 2007.
The paediatrician was originally disciplined after a botched operation at the hospital in May 2009, in which a boy was injected with 80 per cent phenol.
At the time Rakoczy - who was said to have a “limited command” of the English language - was meant to use a five per cent concentration of the substance but mis-read the label.
The boy, who had been admitted over a suspected haemorrhoid, ended up with “catastrophic” internal injuries and was left needing a colostomy bag.
He required over 30 corrective operations, including the removal of a section of bowel and his parents - both healthcare professionals - said he found it difficult going to the park and attending birthday parties.
Rakoczy was allowed to carry on working at the hospital following the operation but was suspended for three months in 2012 for serious misconduct after a General Medical Council investigation.
