A foreign out-of-hours doctor who killed a pensioner with a painkiller overdose on his first and only shift in Britain has been struck off the medical register.
Nigerian-born Dr Daniel Ubani flew into the UK from Germany and injected David Gray, 70, with 100mg of a pain relief drug - 10 times the recommended dosage.
Mr Gray, who was suffering from kidney stones, died at his home in Manea, Cambridgeshire, a few hours after he was given the massive overdose of diamorphine on February 16 2008.
A General Medical Council Fitness to Practise Panel concluded it had "grave concerns" about Dr Ubani's clinical competence in his treatment of three patients on that date and warned there was a risk of him repeating his errors.
On Friday, the panel ruled that a period of suspension was not sufficient in the case. Panel chairman Dr Brian Alderman said: "In all the circumstances, the panel is satisfied that erasure is the only means of protecting patients and maintaining public confidence in the profession."
Dr Ubani, 67, a specialist in cosmetic medicine based in Witten, Germany, admitted causing the pensioner's death after confusing the morphine with another drug.
He was given a nine-month suspended sentence in Germany for death by negligence but still works as a doctor in that country, the GMC panel heard.
The doctor - who did not attend the disciplinary hearing in Manchester - remains free to continuing practising in his home country despite the ruling.
The GMC also looked at Dr Ubani's treatment of two other patients on the same day - Sandra Banks, 59, who was given the wrong medication for a migraine, and Iris Edwards, 86, who was found dead in her care home a few hours after he treated her.
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Dr Ubani had flown into the UK the day before and only had a few hours' sleep before starting a 12-hour shift, the panel heard.
