
Struck-off Grantham doctor illegally supplied Botox prescriptions for a decade
A struck-off doctor from Grantham illegally gave out Botox prescriptions for more than a decade. Shreeder Vaiyda pleaded guilty to a charge of giving a prescription in respect of a medicinal product of a description or class in relation to which he is not an appropriate practitioner, when he appeared at Nottingham Crown Court this week. The offences span a 10-year period between January 1, 2013 and April 30, 2023. The short hearing was told that refers to Botulinum Toxin injections, of which Botox is the most widely-known brand. The 69-year-old also pleaded guilty to a charge of fraud in that he provided prescriptions or dispensed the same product through a pharmacy between January 1, 2022 and May 10, 2022. Judge Julie Warburton adjourned the hearing to the new year after the defendant’s barrister successfully applied for a pre-sentence report, saying: “He is 69 now and a man with a hitherto unblemished character.” Handing him unconditional bail, she said: “You have now pleaded guilty to two counts on the indictment and you are a man of previous good character.” In 2008, Vaiyda was struck off by the General Medical Council, which he unsuccessfully appealed to the High Court in 2010. In papers available to view online, he is described as “a former consultant gastroenterologist” who was “found guilty of serious professional misconduct” in that: In 1999 he substituted his name on a letter addressed to him for that of a consultant and forwarded the letter to that consultant During three periods of suspension on full pay by the United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust when he was expressly prohibited from undertaking paid employment elsewhere, he nevertheless did so. In March 2001 he questioned the validity of Sri Lankan medical training to a Sri Lankan doctor. In March 2001 he wrote two letters to the Acting Clinical Director of that Trust in which he criticised the Sri Lankan doctor’s capabilities and conduct. He circulated the above letters to other doctors. In 2001, after a letter signed by nine junior doctors expressing concerns about his conduct was sent to the Acting Clinical Director, he told one of the junior doctors that unless she withdrew her signature, he would ensure that she did not get a job in this country. In May 2001 he criticised the Bed Manager’s performance and raised his voice to her. He failed to disclose a criminal conviction. The paperwork says: “As a consequence of those findings, it was ordered that Dr Vaidya’s name be erased from the medical register.” Vaidya, of Manthorpe Road, will be sentenced in January.
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