Dentist Struck Off ; a Dentist Who Concealed From His Torbay Patients That He Was Suffering From Infectious Hepatitis C has Been Struck Off.

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A dentist who concealed from his Torbay patients that he was suffering from infectious Hepatitis C has been struck off.

Swede Sigvard Hicks kept his condition secret from patients, staff and colleagues while working in Torbay, between July 1997 and May 2006.

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Dentist Struck Off ; a Dentist Who Concealed From His Torbay Patients That He Was Suffering From Infectious Hepatitis C has Been Struck Off.

The General Dental Council agreed to strike off Mr Hicks after a three-day hearing in London. It upheld five charges against him, including that he failed to take appropriate advice about his condition an...

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