NHS psychiatrist Dr. Hassan Abdulla, pictured, who illegally circumcised dozens of boys for religious reasons was banned from performing surgery for two years on September 12th after failing to maintain clean or sterile instruments and not keeping up with the standards of the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Dr. Abdulla, 63, admitted he ‘cut corners’ to provide affordable operations for just £70 to Muslim and Jewish parents at his clinic, Al Khalill, in a Leicester terraced house after circumcision for non-medical reasons was banned within the NHS.
The doctor admitted six offences of carrying out surgical circumcisions without CQC registration on 41 boys last year. He was fined £2,700 and ordered to pay more than £30,000 in costs. He admitted that the premises were inadequate and that he did not maintain sterile instruments.
Stephen Brassington, defending Dr. Abdulla, said, "This is a service Dr Abdulla was providing to the community, and not for financial gain. It was run on a bare minimum in terms of charging for the service”.
