An NHS consultant stole a coat as she went home from a shift at a hospital and later told police it was because "it was cold and she wanted protection from the weather", a disciplinary hearing was told.
Anaesthetist Dr Rajashree Chavan was caught on CCTV smuggling the item of clothing belonging to a patient's mother from Lister Hospital, in Stevenage, on January 25, 2021.
When questioned by a police officer she said she had "borrowed" the coat "because she wanted protection from the weather".
