Adekunle Okunuga, a
consultant anaesthetist, who was temporarily removed from work for beating his
son has been reinstated.
Daily Mail UK reports that the 59-year-old medical
personnel, who was arrested after the incident in June 2014, blamed his
cultural upbringing in Nigeria for the act.
He said corporal punishments are common in Nigeria.
Okunuga caned his son for misbehaving in school and made him
stand one leg with his arms in the air while he kicked him.
He also caned the boy’s open palms with a walking stick.
The boy got into trouble in school for not submitting
homework, lying to other pupils, using the word ‘rape’ and for stamping in any
injured girl during PE lesson.
In 2015, Okunuga’s name was ordered to be removed from the
medical register after he was found guilty of professional misconduct by a
disciplinary panel.
The doctor, who has been working at the National Orthopaedic
Hospital in Lagos, is now free to return to work at the University Hospital
Coventry.
“My actions embarrassed the medical profession and brought
it into disrepute and as a member of the medical community, I should be role
model. I apologised sincerely to the GMC and the wider public,” he was quoted
to have said.
“My behaviour was born out of my cultural upbringing, I
should have known better and I take full responsibility for my actions. If I
were to witness a similar occurrence by one of my colleagues, I would be the
first to speak up and take action and report it to the appropriate authorities.
“I have been working abroad but have always given full
disclosure of my sanction to all employers and the relevant medical
authorities.
“I have attended
courses in order to maintain my professional development and am clinically
ready to resume practice in the United Kingdom where I could be of tremendous
support to the medical community.”
After the incident, he was arrested and convicted at
Leamington Spa magistrates court for ill treating a child and was sentenced to
eight weeks in jail and ordered to complete 160 hours unpaid work.
The boy was temporarily put in foster care and was later
returned to his family.
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