Worked to death: NHS dentist takes his own life 'after health bosses threatened to strike him off because he couldn't keep up with paperwork for 10,000 patients'

  • Dr Anand Kamath was investigated over minor record keeping problems
  • His wife and fellow dentist Dr Rajni Prasad accused health chiefs of driving her husband to suicide
  • Dr Prasad said they felt 'very vulnerable and harassed and bullied' by Trust
By Eleanor Harding
PUBLISHED: 12:50 GMT, 11 August 2013 | UPDATED: 00:12 GMT, 12 August 2013

An NHS dentist who was so hardworking he never refused a patient was driven to suicide when health chiefs threatened to strike him off over his record-keeping.
Dr Anand Kamath, 42, was the only NHS dentist in his area and took on as many people as he could so they would not have to pay to go private.
But the father-of-three became the subject of an investigation when NHS officials criticised his record-keeping, which had suffered due to his 10,000-strong list of patients.
Dr Anand Kamath (right)
Dr Anand Kamath (right) had 10,000 patients on his books but was threatened with being struck off because of minor record keeping errors. His wife Dr Rajni Prasad (left) accused health chiefs of driving her husband to suicide
His widow told an inquest he felt ‘bullied and harassed’ after being summoned for a meeting and sent a letter warning he could be reported to the General Dental Council. Now the British Dental Association has called on the NHS to hold an inquiry into his death.
His wife Dr Rajni Prasad, a dentist who worked alongside him, wept yesterday as she said over-zealous health officials had driven him to his death.
‘It was just too much. They behaved like bullies and drove a loyal NHS servant over the edge,’ she said.
‘He just couldn’t take the anxiety. He wasn’t eating or sleeping after the meeting. When the letter came that was the final straw. He gave everything to the NHS. He worried about losing everything if they stopped us practising.’

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