A paediatrician who wrongly diagnosed children with cancer to scare parents into paying for private treatment has been raking in cash training other medics while a decision on his future has been delayed.
Dr Mina Chowdhury was found to have frightened three sets of parents into paying for private scans and tests at his Glasgow firm Meras Healthcare at a tribunal 17 months ago.
But despite the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) concluding Chowdhury's behaviour was "dishonest" and "financially motivated" it has yet to confirm whether he is fit to work as a doctor after an unusually lengthy adjournment.
Now sources have spoken of their fury that the 45-year-old has been teaching life-saving skills to oblivious candidates from up and down the country, paying thousands of pounds per session.
One medic, who attended a recent two-day training session in Glasgow fronted by the shamed doctor, said Chowdhury can train dozens of candidates at a time who pay more than £500 to be there.
They said: "I'm disgusted. There were no warnings about his ongoing tribunal.
"I only found out when I tried to leave a review online and the articles came up.
"This business is all about honest and integrity. Afterwards I was questioning certain things he'd said. It's massively hypocritical.”
Chowdhury remains an employee of NHS Forth Valley but the tribunal relates to his private work between March 2017 and August 2017, when he was found to have created "an unwarranted sense of concern" among parents.
A spokeswoman for Manchester-based Advanced Life Support Group, the accreditor for the courses run in Glasgow, said: "The Advanced Life Support Group is aware of the findings of the MPTS tribunal and is awaiting the final judgment on Dr Chowdhury's fitness to practice.
"We will then take appropriate action based on that final outcome."
An MPTS spokeswoman said it planned to continue Chowdhury's case this month.
No explanation for the postponement was given.
We tried to contact Chowdhury at his home address in Glasgow's west end but a woman who answered the door said he was not available.
He did not respond to our request for comment.
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