JA senior hospital doctor used his Twitter account to blast “neurotic” patients he accused of “crippling the NHS”, a tribunal has heard.
Dr Christian Solomonides, a consultant in emergency medicine, wrote dozens of tirades on his social media page.
He claimed 90% of A&E admissions involved “ambulatory neurotics with a few aches and pains”.
The 37-year-old also posted: “Ambulance for a broken nail, an earache, period pain, not being able to sleep are all REAL. What’s going on with the people of the UK…”
He added: “It costs £1,000 to deploy an ambulance and convey to hospital … You can quickly appreciate why the NHS is crippled financially.
“A fine of £50 to those who abuse A&E will soon keep drive away the droves of ambulatory neurotics.”
Eventually his tweets were pointed out to bosses at the Royal Free London NHS Trust and landed him before a Fitness to Practice disciplinary hearing in Manchester.
Dr Solomonides, from Chingford, east London, admitted posting 188 offensive messages on his Twitter account between July 2011 and January last year relating to his work at Barnet hospital in north London.