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Behind the Aegis

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Sat Feb 10, 2024, 02:51 PM Feb 2024

(Jewish Group) Doctor who said Hammersmith would be better without Jews not racist, GMC tribunal finds

Adoctor who said Hammersmith would be better if it was “Jew free” was found not to be racist but “comfortable with discriminatory language” by the General Medical Council’s independent tribunal.

Dr Dimitrios Psaroudakis, a consultant gynaecologist, has been suspended by the doctors’ regulator for three months after making dozens of racially offensive, sexist and derogatory remarks about colleagues and patients.

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He also called his Jewish colleagues “big nose”, “leprechaun”, “alky” and “s*** for brains”, while messaging on the company’s IT systems before his resignation in September 2022.

He suggested Hammersmith, London, would be improved if it were “yew free”, and regularly referred to the clinic as “the temple”.

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(Jewish Group) Doctor who said Hammersmith would be better without Jews not racist, GMC tribunal finds (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Feb 2024 OP
It sounds like it is the GMC that is "comfortable with discriminatory language"! 70sEraVet Feb 2024 #1
Nothing shocks me. madaboutharry Feb 2024 #2

70sEraVet

(4,198 posts)
1. It sounds like it is the GMC that is "comfortable with discriminatory language"!
Sat Feb 10, 2024, 03:08 PM
Feb 2024
Meanwhile, Dr Martin Whyte, a paediatrician, who was sacked from his role at the British Medical Association for posting “zeig heil hahaha gas the Jews”, is also still licenced to practise by the GMC with “no restrictions”.


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madaboutharry

(41,379 posts)
2. Nothing shocks me.
Sat Feb 10, 2024, 03:10 PM
Feb 2024

We live in an upside down inside out world where this statement…”The tribunal makes no finding that Dr Psaroudakis is a racist but is satisfied that he is someone who is quite comfortable with using discriminatory language”…actually makes sense to some people.

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