A British Indian dentist from Yorkshire committed suicide after allegedly being “bullied and harassed” by the NHS which threatened disciplinary action against him over keeping of records at his clinic, an inquest heard.
Dr Anand Kamath, 42, was under investigation by the National Health Service over record-keeping at Rothwell Dental Surgery, which he ran with his wife and fellow dentist Dr Rajni Prasad in leeds. An inquest heard last week that Kamath felt “bullied and harassed” and took his own life after receiving a letter from the NHS that he could be reported to the General Dental Council.
“They behaved like bullies and drove a loyal NHS servant over the edge. He just couldn’t take the anxiety,” his 42-year-old wife told the inquest. The couple had taken on 10,000 patients, four times the average practice, to help patients who could not afford high costs of private dentistry.