discipline summaries
standard of practice reasonably expected of a competent
practitioner in the field of gastroenterology. In particular, Dr. Farazli did not consider it necessary to offer to
patients and referring physicians reasonable options for
management.
Patient A
Dr. Farazli engaged in disgraceful, dishonourable or
unprofessional conduct in her interaction with the
nurse and the patient in respect of Patient A’s care and
in exposure to potential infection.
Patient B
Dr. Farazli failed to maintain the standard of care and
engaged in disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional
conduct in relation to Patient B in proposing to engage
a sales representative to assist her in a colonoscopy
procedure when no nurse was available, and in engaging
in inappropriate and incomplete communications with
Patient B.
Patient C
Dr. Farazli failed to maintain the standard of practice of
the profession in relation to her care and treatment of
Patient C and also engaged in disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional conduct in her communications
with the patient including comments about pain management; in being rough and callous; and in exposing
the patient to potential infection. Patient C had been
referred for a colonoscopy and removal of a polyp and
expressed that she was experiencing extreme pain during
the procedure.
Patient D
Dr. Farazli engaged in disgraceful, dishonourable or
unprofessional conduct in her communications with
Patient D, in persisting with the colonoscopy and gastroscopy procedure despite the patient’s request to stop
due to unbearable pain, and in exposing the patient to
potential infection.
Patient E
Dr. Farazli engaged in disgraceful, dishonourable or
unprofessional conduct in relation to Patient E in failing to provide the patient with enough sedation to be
comfortable and in exposing the patient to potential
infection. Patient E was referred to Dr. Farazli for a
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colonoscopy and experienced terrible pain during the
procedure.
Patient F
Dr. Farazli engaged in disgraceful, dishonourable and
unprofessional conduct in not providing the patient
with enough sedation to be comfortable, and in being
callous, unprofessional and disrespectful in her communication with the patient and in her pain management,
and in exposing the patient to potential infection.
During the colonoscopy, Patient F experienced severe
discomfort, but Dr. Farazli disregarded her complaints
of pain.
Patient G
Dr. Farazli failed to maintain the standard of practice
of the profession in relation to Patient G in her documentation. Dr. Farazli further engaged in disgraceful,
dishonourable or unprofessional conduct in her callous
and unprofessional communication with Patient G, and
in failing to stop the procedure despite the patient complaining of unbearable pain and inadequate anesthesia.
Patient H
Dr. Farazli engaged in disgraceful, dishonourable or
unprofessional conduct in relation to Patient H in her
callous, unprofessional, rough and hurried examination
of the patient; in her communications with the patient;
in continuing with the procedure when the patient was
in excruciating pain; and in exposing the patient to
potential infection.
Patient I
Dr. Farazli engaged in disgraceful, dishonourable or
unprofessional conduct in relation to Patient I in her inappropriate communications with the patient; her failure
to be responsive to the patient’s complaints of lack of sufficient anesthesia; and in exposing Patient I to potential
infection during a gastroscopy and colonoscopy.
Patient J
Dr. Farazli failed to maintain the standard of practice of
the profession and displayed incompetence in relation
to Patient J by giving inadequate analgesic. Further, Dr.
Farazli engaged in disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional conduct in relation to Patient J in her communications; in proceeding with an excruciating procedure