STEM CELL DOCTOR ROBERT TROSSEL STRUCK OFF BY GMCA

29.09.2010 [20:30]
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Baku, September 29 (AZERTAC). A doctor who offered unlicensed stem cell treatments to patients with MS has been struck off by the General Medical Council, according to the BBC.

Dr Robert Trossel treated several men and women, who paid around £10,000.

The GMC found that the doctor, who trained in the Netherlands, had breached good medical practice by "exploiting vulnerable patients".

Dr. Trossel, 56, who worked in London and Rotterdam, conceded he had been "too enthusiastic" about the treatment.

At an earlier hearing, the GMC Fitness to Practise panel said that Dr. Trossel had exaggerated the benefits of treatment based on "anecdotal and aspirational information".

His patients, who had an aggressive and disabling type of multiple sclerosis, paid up to £10,000 or more for stem cell injections, with some raising the money through charity events.

However, the stem cells offered were not intended for human use, only for laboratory research.

Tom Kark QC, for the GMC, spoke of the patients` "anger and sense of being let down".

The treatment also contained bovine brain and spinal cord, and the GMC panel ruled he had abused his position as a doctor by failing to warn patients about potential risks of vCJD.

STEM CELL DOCTOR ROBERT TROSSEL STRUCK OFF BY GMCA

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