The Doctor attended to Toyah Habeeb when she was rushed into Weatherfield General after collapsing with severe abdominal pains. She was given painkillers while tests were conducted and the doctor brought her the results which, with permission, he gave to her in front of her sister Leanne Battersby and her partner Nick Tilsley. The trio were staggered to be told that Toyah was pregnant. The news came as a double-shock as Toyah had undergone years of IVF treatment which had proven a failure, and just a few weeks before, unbeknownst to Leanne, Toyah and Nick had had a fling. The doctor booked Toyah in for an ultrasound, saying that although it was too early to actually see the pregnancy, it was best to take a look in view of her abdominal pain.
Just a day later though, events took a turn for the worse as the scan showed no baby and that a misdiagnosis had taken place, with Toyah instead being told she had ovarian cancer.