Fate wait for false diagnosis doc

NHS Forth Valley is to await the decision on the punishment for a doctor who is ruled to have wrongly diagnosed children with cancer in a bid to scare parents into seeking private treatment at a firm at which he was a boss.

Dr Mina Chowdhury was last week found by a watchdog to have ‘created an unwarranted sense of concern’ by suggesting the youngsters undergo medical treatment at his private clinic in Glasgow. the 1970s, earning the nickname the ‘Journey Shrinker’ for the reduction in journey times they brought about.

The very first high-speed train made its public debut in October 1976. In 1978 they were officially introduced on the east coast route.

David Horne, managing director of LNER, said: “After four decades of service, it’s brilliant to be recognising the contribution of the Inter-City 125 trains with one last trip along the East Coast.

“These trains had a huge impact when they were first introduced, no more so than in Scotland where it reduced journey times between Edinburgh and London King’s Cross by up to an

The 44-year-old, who was also a paediatrician with NHS Forth Valley, scared the parents of three patients, the youngest of which was just a year old, into paying for scans and tests offered by Meras Healthcare.

Chowdhury also avoided referring the patients to the NHS for further investigation and made false entries to the patients’ medical records.

The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) found that his actions were ‘financially motivated’ and ‘dishonest’.

The MPTS panel have yet to decide the doctor’s fate.

NHS Forth Valley say the allegations made by the families of the patients stem from his private work at the clinic in Glasgow.

A spokesperson added: “We await the outcome of the hearing which we understand will be concluded in the new year.”