A former radiographer at a Dublin hospital has been found guilty of misconduct while conducting a chest x-ray on a 16-year-old girl, according to a report published on 31 January on Raidió TeilifÃs Éireann (RTÉ), an Irish public service broadcaster.
Adrian Peconcillo worked at Tallaght University Hospital and performed the x-ray on the girl in January 2023. An inquiry initiated by CORU, an Irish multiprofession health and social care regulator, found that "the patient [came] out of the changing area undressed from the waist up and covering her chest due to the failure of Mr. Peconcillo to provide her with a hospital gown prior to her undressing," RTÉ reported; he was also accused of "looking at her in a forward-facing manner whilst her back was against the x-ray board and later inviting her to look at her x-ray while she remained undressed."
Peconcillo was suspended by the hospital after the girl's parents made a complaint, and he was dismissed in April 2023. He has not worked as a radiographer since, according to RTÉ.
