An optometrist who worked at two branches of Specsavers in Cork last year has been found guilty of professional misconduct for failing to inform his employers that he had not tested eyes for over 10 years contrary to what was claimed in his CV.
The optometrist, Nagesh Puranik, was also found guilty of professional misconduct by a fitness-to-practise inquiry of CORU – the regulatory body of health and social care professionals – for reviewing images of the retina of clients when he had failed to inform his employers that he required training to assess such images.
In addition, the CORU fitness-to-practise committee found 35 allegations of poor professional performance against Mr Puranik proven.
