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Death inquiry anaesthetist barred

The anaesthetist at a clinic where a 10-year-old boy died following a routine tooth extraction has been ordered not to practice until a hearing next year.

Doctor John Evans-Appiah has been barred until he goes before the General Medical Council's professional conduct committee.

Dr Evans-Appiah has given evidence to a fatal accident inquiry into the death of Darren Denholm, who failed to regain consciousness after a routine operation to remove a tooth in Edinburgh last year.

The ban is one of several restrictions imposed by the council's preliminary proceedings committee:

• He must confine his work to general practice
  
  
• He must not undertake any anaesthetic procedure
  
  
• He should inform any employers, partners or agencies about the restrictions
  
  
• He should notify the GMC before taking up any post.