Dr Dove suspended from Village Surgery in Pinner 'saved my husband's life' (From Harrow Times)
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Dr Dove suspended from Village Surgery in Pinner 'saved my husband's life'
11:15am Wednesday 8th September 2010 in
A PATIENT says the doctor at the heart of a row that closed a Pinner surgery saved her husband's life.
The Village Surgery, in Barrow Point Avenue, was suddenly shut and around 7,000 patients moved to the Pinn Medical Centre after two of the three partners resigned.
Dr Niall Dove, the third partner, was suspended by NHS Harrow in 2008, a neutral act, but an investigation upheld concerns relating to his use of computer systems, his record keeping and his ordering of tests.
Carole Goldstein, 74, of Gilbert Road, Pinner, defended Dr Dove, saying he saved her 76-year-old husband Peter's life 11 years ago by diagnosing him with lung cancer at a stage early enough that it could be treated.
She told the Harrow Times: “My husband had five good years after that. If it hadn't been for Doctor Dove he wouldn't be here today. He was just a fantastic doctor.
“He would come round to our house. My husband had a couple of strokes and I phoned the surgery, he would be round here within half an hour. He looked after him for 15 years.”
Dr Dove was allowed to return to work with conditions preventing him from performing certain tasks without supervision but the three partners were unable to continue working together.
Dr Sheridan said the collapse of the practice was based on “a simple issue about skills, attitude and competency” from the audience of a packed meeting between patients and NHS Harrow last night.
Dr Sheridan and Dr Wong are both still seeing patients the Pinn Medical Centre, but Dr Dove was not moved with them.
His former patients expressed their desire to see him return at the meeting, at Pinner Village Hall, at 7.30pm.
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irenesalt says...
8:16pm Mon 13 Sep 10
Three summers ago we had returned from holiday and were catching up with family in Cafe Rouge in Pinner when my daughter began to choke on her food.
We quickly realised that we were in a serious situation, we tried all the things that parents are meant to try but nothing was working - she had gone totally blue and her body was limp!
The food was trapped at the back of her throat and this was stopping her from breathing. In a pure panic my mum ran back into the cafe and asked if there was a Doctor in the house - and so fortunately for all of us, there was!
Megans life would have surely been cut short if it wasn't for that wonderful brave man springing into action and we are eternally grateful to Dr Dove for that.