CAVENDISH PRESS/GETTY Ragheb Nouman has been struck off for his racist comments

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Dr Ragheb Nouman, 52, said Indian doctors would be the 'downfall of the NHS' and called a colleague an "Indian bastard" during a bust-up. The medic was working as a locum Senior House Officer at the University Hospital of North Tees, Teesside, when he rowed with an associate and told him he had "no problem with Arabs or Jews, only Indians and the Indian population". In a later meeting with the hospital's clinical director, he said "it was all the fault of the Indians" - though he later said he was referring to two colleagues in particular. The General Medical Council launched an enquiry but Dr Nouman told an investigator "Indians should be gardeners" and claimed they only complained about him "because they are rude".

CAVENDISH PRESS Ragheb Nouman said Indian doctors would be the 'downfall of the NHS'

The father-of-three pleaded to keep his job at the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service hearing in Manchester and denied he was racist - blaming his conduct on stress due to the events in Syria. But a panel banned him from all practice after condemning his racist views. Panel chair Dr Harvey Marcovitch said his apologies lacked sincerity and they were concerned by his dishonesty. He added: "You also repeatedly expressed racist views, namely derogatory and offensive words and phrases towards Indians. You have repeatedly and publicly accused those entrusted with assessing your performance of being dishonest.

it was all the fault of the Indians Ragheb Nouman

"The Panel is concerned that this is evidence of a deep-seated attitudinal problem. It considers the risk of you repeating similar behaviour is high. "Whilst the panel understands you may have been "angry and nervous" due to the situation in Syria at that time, which affected members of your family, this in no way excuses your behaviour." The hearing was told concerns were raised against Dr Nouman in July 2012. After a rant with a consultant orthopaedic surgeon, he told a female colleague the only reason he was having a discussion was because Indian doctors had reported him. In a meeting with the clinical director Dr Christopher Tulloch the following day, he said it was "all the fault of the Indians", adding: "If we do not look out they will take us all over." He later approached Dr Guru Reddy, a spine and trauma specialist, at a bus stop in the hospital grounds where he was smoking a cigarette. Dr Nouman - said to be hostile towards smokers - pointed at Dr Reddy and asked a group of bystanders: "Does this fellow look like a doctor to you?" When Dr Reddy protested, Dr Nouman is said to have shouted, "you Indian bastard", before running off. Following the meeting with Dr Tulloch he was sacked, but returned to the hospital a few days later where he described Indians as "dangerous". In an email to the GMC he said: "I will never accept to be insulted by cheeky Indian doctors, whereas I do respect polite Indian doctors.

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