The man with a Hitler moustache drawn on his face with a pen while he was passed out

A German paramedic has been fired after drawing a Hitler moustache on a migrant who was being taken to hospital following a suspected drink and drugs overdose.

The incident happened at Christmas but only came to light this week when medical assistant Thomas Wagner posted a video and photos in a WhatsApp group chat he set up for the Johanitter care group in Frankfurt.

He sent a photo to his colleagues of a comatose man with the infamous facial hair drawn on in a blue biro alongside the caption: 'Victim#1 - today: trendy beards.'

A friend responded with a tasteless quip about the Nazi Holocaust writing: 'the Yolocaust', and another wrote: 'Oh, how peaceful it slumbers.'

On the video he uploaded, the patient is seen sprawled across the stretcher inside the ambulance.

Wagner is not seen but can be heard saying: 'Are you coming into the hospital with us to get sober?'

His patient responds weakly: 'Yes.'

Then there is more laughter from the ambulance crew when one says: 'You're supposed to lie on the stretcher, not over it.'

Days later Wagner appeared to realise he was in the wrong and posted in the group chat: 'A few lines on the video I posted - it shows how not to do it.

'I pledge to do better.'

And a day later he pleaded with fellow users to erase everything he had posted, adding: 'I have to accept the consequences of my actions and will today hand in my notice.'

One paramedic poses in the background as a patient is sprawled across the stretcher

But his bosses beat him to it after seeing the conversation and sacked him.

Johanniter care group chief Oliver Pitsch said: 'We saw the photos and video and his employment was terminated immediately and instantly.'

Wagner's woes are not over as his bosses are mulling over filing a criminal complaint over his actions with local prosecutors for failing to properly care for a patient he was responsible for.