A DOCTOR who admitted misleading other medics over Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey also acted dishonestly, medical watchdogs ruled today.
Dr Hannah Ryan took the temperature of Scottish nurse Ms Cafferkey as they waited to go through Ebola virus screening at Heathrow Airport, medical watchdogs heard. It revealed the nurse had a high temperature of 38.2 centigrade - a warning sign for Ebola.
But instead of raising the alarm, a lower temperature of 37.2 centigrade was recorded on a screening form, and Cafferkey was allowed to travel home to Scotland. She fell ill with Ebola the next day.
Dr Ryan admitted misleading other medics when she “acquiesced” with the lower temperature being recorded on the form.
But the medic, who qualified from Liverpool University in 2009, denies her practise as a doctor is impaired by misconduct through her actions.
Yesterday the tribunal ruled she not merely acquiesced but “implicitly agreed” to the form with the wrong temperature being submitted to Ebola screening staff at the airport.
And the tribunal also ruled Dr Ryan acted dishonestly when dealing with a risk assessment investigation.
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