GP had relationship with 'vulnerable' patient  Last updated
05:00 27/11/2012  Relevant offers    A female doctor will be
punished for having a sexual relationship with a highly
vulnerable "much younger man", who tried to commit suicide when
she ended it.  The 40-year-old general practitioner sent her
20-year-old patient explicit text messages for more than a year,
and was once caught "spending time" with him in the back of a
parked car, according to a Health Practitioners Disciplinary
Tribunal ruling released yesterday.  The doctor also encouraged
the young man to delete emails and messages between the two,
which the tribunal believed was to hide evidence of her
misconduct.  It said the end of the relationship between "Dr M"
and "Mr X", who both have permanent name suppression, was
"devastating" for the young man. "His health and ability to
function deteriorated; he had multiple suicide attempts, and
prolonged admissions to hospital and mental health
institutions."  "Such an outcome could have been predicted