Indian-origin cancer specialist struck off U.K. medical register over conviction
Dr. Shamir Chandran, an Indian-origin cancer specialist, has been removed from the U.K. medical register after being convicted of coercive behavior and cruelty. The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service determined that his criminal conviction impaired his fitness to practice. Chandran, who has denied the charges and left the U.K., expressed his discontent with the proceedings and stated he would not return to work in the country.
- ▪Dr. Shamir Chandran was sentenced to four years' imprisonment for coercive behavior and cruelty to a minor.
- ▪The tribunal concluded that his fitness to practice was impaired due to his criminal conviction.
- ▪Chandran has denied all charges and has left the U.K., stating he will never work there again.
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An Indian-origin cancer specialist who was sentenced in his absence to four years’ imprisonment over alleged coercive behaviour has been struck off the U.K.'s medical register following a tribunal hearing.Dr. Shamir Chandran, an oncologist with the National Health Service (NHS) in north-west England, has denied any wrongdoing and has since left Britain.He was convicted last November at Carlisle Crown Court of two counts of “controlling/coercive behaviour” and one count of “cruelty to a person under the age of 16” relating to two unnamed females.A Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) report this week concluded that his “fitness to practice is impaired by reason of a conviction for a criminal offence.”“The tribunal took a proportionate approach, balancing the interests of Dr.
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