A plastic surgeon who was suspended twice in seven years following complaints about his treatment of patients has finally been struck off after he was caught carrying out illicit cosmetic surgery during the Covid lockdown.
Dr Ashish 'Ash' Dutta was found guilty of serious professional misconduct after he performed three private operations for cash, despite assuring regulators no such procedures would be carried out during the pandemic to avoid spreading the virus.
The operations included the removal of a cyst from one person, two lesions from another and a mole from a third between June 23 and July 15, 2020.