UK Bars Popular Nigerian Doctor From Seeing Female Patients Alone

Oluwafemi Esho, popularly known as Dr. Tijion Esho, a Nigerian celebrity doctor based in the United Kingdom, is currently being probed by the British General Medical Council (GMC) over allegations of sexual misconduct made by an unnamed female patient.

According to the UK Sun, Esho, 40, is to be watched over by a third party whenever he is attending to female patients pending the time the investigation being carried out by the council is concluded.

He can only administer treatments alone during life-threatening emergencies.

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Some other yet-to-be-revealed temporary conditions have also been placed on his licence to practice.

The father of two is a doctor renowned for his expertise in aesthetic medicine and non-surgical procedures. Esho, who also hosts popular shows on ITV and the BBC, has administered treatments on many celebrity clients in the past.

“Dr Oluwafemi Esho has restrictions on his practice while we investigate the allegations against him,” said an unnamed GMC member.

“We referred Dr Esho to an Interim Orders Tribunal at the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service in August 2022, who imposed a number of interim conditions on his practice.

“These include that, except in life-threatening emergencies, he must not carry out consultations with female patients without a chaperone present and except in life-threatening emergencies he must not make contact with patients outside a clinical setting, either virtually or face-to-face.”

Esho has since denied any wrongdoing.

FIJ