Surgeon admits illness put patients at risk
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Your support makes all the difference.A DOCTOR was believed to have made legal history yesterday when he admitted endangering the health of patients by performing surgery knowing that he was carrying a highly contagious form of hepatitis.
Umesh Gaud, 40, of east London, who worked at two London hospitals, pleaded guilty at Southwark Crown Court to causing a public nuisance between 20 August 1990 and 4 October 1993.
Because the charge was laid under Common Law - which is guided by practice rather than statute - Gaud, who was a senior house officer at the Royal London Hospital and later a registrar at the London Chest Hospital, could face an unlimited prison sentence and/or an unlimited fine.
The case was adjourned to 28 September for pre-sentence reports and Gaud was released on bail.
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