An ‘exhausted’ NHS consultant died of drug and alcohol overdose in a hospital on-call room after his ninth 13-hour night shift in a row, an inquest has heard.
Dr Naeem Ahmed was discovered slumped in a chair at Poole Hospital, Dorset, with two syringes and a half-empty bottle of Jameson whiskey nearby.
During his final night shift, on June 21 2025, the 50-year-old consultant’s clinical decision making was ‘faultless’ and concerns were only raised after his shift had finished and a doctor could not find him for the handover.
The doctor, who had finished his ninth of 11 shifts in a row, was then
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