<p>TWO doctors who failed to report killer GP Harold Shipman for giving huge doses of morphine to a patient have been found guilty of serious professional misconduct. <P></P> <P>Murtaza Husain Husaini, 73, and Geriant Ceri Stewart Brown, 49, were told their actions were "likely to bring the medical profession into disrepute" following a month-long hearing in Manchester.</P> <P>A GMC Fitness to Practice Panel suspended Brown from practising for 12 months and formally reprimanded Husaini.</P> <P>Dr Brown was found guilty of "dishonesty" by giving different statements to police and the Shipman Inquiry in a bid to deliberately hide his failings.</P> <P>The evidence of Dr Husaini to the Shipman Inquiry was also found to be "untrue or misleading" in connection with concerns over Shipman's administration of morphine to a woman at Tameside General. </P> <P><STRONG>'Excessive'</STRONG> </P> <P></P> <P>The 47-year-old woman had been given 20 milligrams of morphine during a home visit by Shipman to treat a suspected asthma attack in February, 1994. </P> <P>Both doctors admitted they should have known this dose was "grossly excessive". </P> <P>The woman, known as Ms A, fell into a permanent vegetative state and died 14 months later. Dr Husaini, a consultant cardiologist, and Dr Brown, anaesthetic director of the intensive care unit, were both working at the hospital at the time. </P> <P>At the start of the hearing, they admitted several charges relating to this case. But the GMC found they were also guilty of other offences, which they had earlier denied.</P> <P>Dr Brown was cleared of failing to pass on his concerns to the coroner and a senior hospital manager. Dr Husaini was also cleared of not passing concerns to the coroner about the administration of morphine in the case.</P> <P>He was found guilty of failing to question why there was no inquest, a charge he denied.</P> <P>Both men's failure to notify managers of concerns over the amount of morphine Shipman was administering was found to be "likely to bring the medical profession into disrepute." </P> <P>Brown's case will be reviewed in a year's time by the panel before he can be reinstated on the medical register.</TEXT></P></p>