Fife doctor who fled country after domestic abuse conviction struck off register

A doctor, who fled Scotland after he was found guilty of domestic abuse, has been removed from the register.

Dr Ammar Abdulla Alrahow was first registered with the General Medical Council (GMC) in 2008 working as a locum doctor in England and Ireland.

Alrahow was later employed at the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy between February 2010 and October 2023.

At the time of his arrest on September 26, 2021, he was practising as a Clinical Fellow in Urology at the hospital.

He was charged with domestic abuse and bailed subject to conditions. Dr Alrahow was later charged with two counts of breaching his bail conditions.

On September 19, 2023, at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court he was found guilty of domestic abuse and two counts of breach of his bail conditions.

Alrahow’s sentencing was deferred until October 16, 2023, and he surrendered his Irish passport as part of his bail conditions.

However, he travelled to Iraq using his Iraqi travel document and did not attend his sentencing hearing.

A warrant has since been issued for the doctor’s arrest.

The report published by the GMC read: “The Tribunal determined that Dr Alrahow’s convictions and his subsequent actions in refusing to attending his sentencing hearing, his persistent lack of insight, the absence of evidence of any remorse or attempts at remediation were of such a serious nature that erasure was the only sanction to protect and promote the health safety and well being of the public; maintain public confidence in the medical profession and to uphold proper professional standards and conduct for members of the medical profession.”

In communication with the tribunal, Alrahow stated that he had not accepted that he was found guilty of his convictions and that he “did not accept anything”.