A DOCTOR caught driving home at 121mph after drinks with a colleague has been banned from treating patients.
Dr Rukmana Rabindran, 29, was spotted by police as his BMW tailgated cars and weaved in and out of traffic.
He crossed lanes at high speed to overtake or undertake on the A3 on the outskirts of London.
Tests showed Rabindran, a locum at St Peter’s Hospital, Chertsey, Surrey, was one and a half times the alcohol limit.
He was later given a suspended jail term and a year’s driving ban.
Now, he has been found guilty of misconduct and suspended from practising for seven months.
Rabindran told a tribunal in Manchester he had two drinks with a colleague and was hurrying to get home to bed.
He added: “My actions were very silly. This has taught me a lot.”
‘‘My career is in jeopardy”, he told the tribunal.
”I came to the UK from Germany and worked hard to qualify as a doctor so don’t want to throw that away. My parents spent a lot of money on my education. My career is who I am.
“My actions were very silly – this incident has taught me a lot – I will now stay under the speed limit. My conviction has caused a lot of hardship.”
