A former Hawke’s Bay trainee doctor duped two district health boards into revealing confidential medical information about members of his family without their consent. Hirron Fernando then used the information from the Capital & Coast and Hawke’s Bay DHBs as evidence in a UK court case against the two family members. Staff at the DHBs were appalled and apologetic when they realised Fernando had deceived them into breaching privacy by falsely claiming he was treating the pair, a tribunal has heard. Details of the scam emerged on Monday at a Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal hearing in Hastings where Fernando was found guilty of professional misconduct and struck off the medical register.
