In December, 1998, Mrs Ward was concerned that she had throat cancer, Dr Kerr said.
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Subsequent ear, nose and throat investigations followed, but nothing relating to cancer could be found, Dr Kerr added.
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When the cough became worse Dr Kerr referred her to an ear, nose and throat specialist in November.
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In 2008, the General Medical Council (GMC) found Dr Kerr guilty of misconduct for prescribing sleeping pills to a suicidal patient.
During the hearing, the panel heard that Dr Kerr supplied sodium amytal to the elderly woman, known as Patient A, in 1998.
The GMC suspended Dr Kerr, who worked out of Williamwood Medical Centre in Clarkston, East Renfrewshire, from practising medicine for six months.
"She said the Beconase was starting to help her, " Dr Kerr said.
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Dr Kerr said she had arranged for Mrs Ward to visit a rapid access clinic and X-rays of her sinuses came back clear.
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Dr Kerr's admission comes as work continues at the Scottish Parliament by independent MSP Margo MacDonald to bring forward another bill to allow assisted suicide.
Dr Kerr said that once medication was prescribed "the option" to take a fatal overdose was left in the hands of the patient and their family.
The committee, sitting in Manchester, heard from defence witness Dr Marilyn Kerr, who was Mrs Ward's doctor up until Dr Kissen took her on as a patient in 1999.
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Dr Simon Ofield-Kerr, Vice Chancellor, said Sir Terence had "single-handedly changed this country's understanding of design and has changed modern life through his products, shops and restaurants".
Michael Kerr said he had just returned from holiday with his family when he saw Dr Abdulla fighting with a police officer and ran to help, exchanging punches with the suspect.
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