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A doctory who broke covid rules and urinated in a clinical sink has been struck off the medical register. Graham Evangele Eli Michael Holmes worked as a locum consultant in Hampshire, Dorset, Wigan, and Wirral from August 2019 until March 2021. Mr Holmes also had accommodation at the Leigh Hospital site, and following a series of allegations, a Medical Practitioners Tribunal regarding these was held in October.
READ > Unauthorised traveller encampment arrives at Bents Garden Centre Dr Holmes worked at the Royal Albert Hospital in Wigan for four weeks in October 2020 (Image: LDRS) Working at Royal Albert Hospital for a period of four weeks in October 2020, Dr Holmes was accused of coming to work whilst showing symptoms of Covid-19. Despite working on isolation wards with patients with infectious diseases, the consultant is reported to have had a constant cough and a temperature of 39 degrees Celsius. Numerous people at the hospital are reported to have noticed the doctor looking "extremely unwell" and "coughing and spluttering" in the ward kitchen.
Dr Holmes later tested positive for Covid-19, although he blamed his infection on the "overcrowded poorly managed ward". In further breaches of Covid-19 protocols, Dr Holmes is also alleged to have failed to wear a face mask and failed to keep his face mask in the correct position on "multiple occasions". With multiple concerns raised about Dr Holmes' attitude to infection control, the tribunal agreed with the allegations that he failed to follow Covid-19 protocols.
Dr Holmes was found to have urinated in a clinical sink at Gosport War Memorial Hospital (Image: Google Maps) Dr Holmes is also reported to have urinated in a clinical sink on more than one occasion, while working at Gosport War Memorial Hospital, Hampshire. In the tribunal, a colleague who witnessed the incident said: "As I walked past I paused as I was shocked to see through the window that looks out onto the corridor, blinds fully open, standing very close, side on to the window, by the clinic room sink, fully clothed with his penis in his hand over the sink. "He had the tap running a cup in his other hand into which he was running water and pouring into the sink.
He was not aware of being observed." While at Gosport War Memorial Hospital, Dr Holmes was also found to have made a comment to a patient who had a learning disability, saying a CT scan was needed "to see if she's got a brain". Dr Holmes is also reported to have breached covid protocols while working at Bournemouth Hospital in September 2020.
He was also found to have deliberately failed to comply with conditions placed on his registration over six weeks while working for the Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Trust between January and March 2021. The tribunal determined that an immediate order of suspension was necessary to protect members of the public and to protect confidence in the medical profession. Dr Holmes has now been officially struck off the medical register.
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