Doctor who lied to get Covid jab suspended
A doctor who lied to receive a Covid jab for which he was ineligible has been suspended for two months.
The tribunal accepted the "isolated event in an otherwise unblemished career" had been "committed under unusual circumstances". Elizabeth Dudley-Jones, the counsel acting for the General Medical Council , told the tribunal Dr Kummaraganti had carefully thought-out his plan to "hoodwink" trust employees and this "exacerbated his misconduct".
But it added he had "well-developed insight" into his wrongdoing, "fully appreciated the gravity of his actions" and the risk of repetition was very low.
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