GP struck off over garlic oil 'cancer cure' claims

GP struck off over garlic oil 'cancer cure' claims38 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleGeorge TorrandLiam Barnes,East Midlands Press Association/Andy ButtertonGarlic oil was one of the substances Mohsen Ali offered as a treatmentA doctor has been struck off after running an unregistered clinic and charging cancer patients £15,000 for bogus "cures" with garlic oil and vitamin C.Dr Mohsen Ali - who had his medical licence withdrawn in 2015 - treated two patients with prostate and ovarian cancer in 2018 from a Leicester "council house", which was described as being in a "squalid" condition.He told the patients the NHS was "killing them" and "big pharma companies were making money", a Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) hearing was told.Ali's practices came to light after a patient emailed Leicestershire Police, which then informed the General Medical Council (GMC).Ali graduated from Cairo University in 1994 and began practising in the UK in 2001, and held a full medical licence from 2004 until its withdrawal in January 2015.MPTS proceedings began on 1 December 2025, with a further hearing on 14 January before reconvening from 22 to 24 April.Ali was found to have informed two patients, who were recommended to him, that "he could cure their cancer" with a "90% success rate".In return for his services, Ali charged a patient - named as Patient A - up to £15,000 and a Patient B between £10,000 and £12,000.The tribunal heard he intravenously administered vitamin C and garlic oil to both patients as a treatment for cancer and reused intravenous bags, exposing patients to risk of serious infection.The MPTS found Ali knew they were not "evidenced based treatments to cure cancer" and that his actions were "dishonest".Ali did not attend the tribunal, but in an email to the GMC he denied the allegations and said he "never said he can cure cancer"...