ANUG Chairman admits to serving two-year suspension for medical misconduct

Chairman of A New and United Guyana (ANUG) Dr. Mark France admitted to medical malpractice which caused him to be suspended from practicing medicine for two years.

The executive member made this disclosure during his party’s press conference on Friday.

“That is what I am saying. It was misconduct,” Dr. France said in response to whether he was found culpable of medical malpractice in 2016.

He did not divulge details of the misconduct.

Dr France admitted that the issue was taken to the medical council which found him culpable, and as such, he was unable to practice medicine from 2016 to 2018.

He said that the matter was heard by Justice Jo Ann Barlow.

The executive member sought to downplay the issue, insisting that it was settled.

“It is a matter that has been laid to rest. The issue was left in the past,” he stressed.

However, a source with knowledge of the issue said that the matter was very serious as forgery was involved.

Dr. France’s admission of professional misconduct sharply contradicts recent statements by him towards the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).

Just a few days ago, he launched a scathing attack on GECOM which supposedly erred in allowing a joinder list MP to sit in the National Assembly for over one year.

The ANUG Chairman had said that the MP’s occupation of the seat has “serious implications” for Guyana’s Parliament.