Article: SUICIDE PILLS DOC GETS 6 MONTH BAN; Rap for 'irresponsible' Scots GP.(News)

Byline: By Lucy Collins

A GP who gave sleeping pills to an elderly patient so she could kill herself was suspended for six months yesterday.

Dr Iain Kerr, 61, prescribed 30 sodium amytal pills to the former businesswoman in 1998 after she told him she had considered suicide.

The General Medical Council branded the Glasgow GP's conduct ...

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