Dr Medhat Keshta, 66, had been struck off after he was accused of putting his own greed before patients when he forged a letter pretending to be from his former employers falsely claiming he had been paid better money when he worked there - before faking a back problem to take six weeks off and then moonlight for another NHS trust. When asked to explain his dishonesty, the father-of-two said he had 'misjudged the situation' cited his large ego and claimed he had 'followed the same procedures covered in Egypt'.
Well, better he goes home and tries it there, then. Once we deport him. We are deporting him?
He said he had 'no choice' but to demand better money as his daughter Fatima was due to start university and added: 'Culturally, a husband and a father are the 'god' of the house. I did not want my family to find out that I lied and forged a letter. 'This is not how I want to set an example to my family and the wider public.'
Well, now you're in a national newspaper, so that didn't go well, did it?
He added: 'Apologies are not something that are easily granted where I come from. My ego prevented me from reaching full insight into the case early enough and I regret this deeply. I have now reached a stage where I am openly admitting everything I did. I have not felt more at peace with myself as I feel now. I will never put myself in this place again. These mistakes will not be repeated.'
Because we're deporting you?
Today, it emerged Keshta's name had been restored to the medical register after Fatima, now a pharmacist and nutritionist, agreed to represent him at a tribunal in Manchester to plead on his behalf. It was the third time he had pleaded for his job back.
*sighs*
MPTS chairman Mrs Becky Miller said: 'Dr Keshta's journey of insight has been long, and he has had to overcome a lot of self-serving justification for his actions.
'The tribunal bore in mind the 2020 Tribunal's concern that he emphasised Egyptian practices which allow a doctor to take a leave of absence from one place in order to work in another and that he sought to minimise his behaviour.
All things that should show his current claims aren't true.
'But it noted Dr Keshta has since addressed this issue and he admitted that 'self-justification was wrong.' He has since acknowledged the full extent of his dishonesty and has learnt to express his shame in a genuine manner.'
How do you get to be so gullible and hold such a high position?
He 'misjudged the situation'. Uh huh. He means he got caught.
ReplyDeleteHow much has his dishonesty cost the state and how much will he be paying back to us?
ReplyDeleteAnd why aren't people like him being deported; in fact, how did he get a job in the NHS in the first place?
Faking an injury, during which he was paid, and then going to work for someone else, for which he presumably was paid, falls under Obtaining Pecuniary Advantage by Deception, an offence under the Theft Act. So, he is not only a liar, but a thief. As such, in any organisation, apart from the NHS, an arrest, charge, and criminal record, would follow. A report to his professional body would then follow. That none of this does not seem to have happened says a lot about the NHS and the numpties, especially the Becker woman, in management.
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