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GMC suspends doctor who harassed/abused a woman for TWO YEARS

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DomesticatedZombie · 03/02/2022 14:49

Outrageous. Doctor guilty of harassing abusing and assaulting a woman - and also harassing a second woman, is suspended for nine months.

I do not want this doctor treating women or girls.

How on earth was he not struck off?

www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/doctor-who-climbed-through-colleagues-22956990

'Dr Sivakumar became angry if the female doctor did not do as he demanded and answer his repeated attempts to contact her, the tribunal was told.

On one occasion, Dr Sivakumar climbed though Dr A’s bedroom window in the night, held her hands together while she lay in bed and then refused to let her to get out of bed.

He was also physically abusive towards her both in public and in private on other occasions, the hearing was told.'

'the tribunal decided not to strike Dr Sivakumar off and instead suspended him for nine months.'

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PearPickingPorky · 03/02/2022 15:24

"Restrained her by the neck" has connotations that the unreasonable women required restraining, and he just chose the wrong method to do it.

Whereas what actually happened was she was entirely reasonably and sensibly trying to get away from him and he wouldn't let her.

ScreamingMeMe · 03/02/2022 15:19

Holy shit.

FOJN · 03/02/2022 15:17

A doctor who climbed through a female colleague’s window in the middle of the night, restrained her by the neck and pushed her against a wall has been suspended.

"Restrained her by the neck" is this how we're describing grabbing someone by the throat now? We all know what this means and what it indicates. These were not the actions of an "immature" man, they are the actions of a violent abuser.

It beggars belief that he was not struck off.

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