Hi guys
well at long last after an 18 month three stage enquiry Robins dentist has his day in court today.The hearing is to run over three days,and i travel down to London this afternoon,and give my evidence on Tuesday morning.
Robs brother was supposed to come with me,instead of which he can be added to the list of this mans victims,a fact i intend to make the court aware of.
Paul who has never recovered from robs death went missing seven weeks ago without money,transport or telephone.The police after extensive searches and appeals have drawn a complete blank and the family mourn the loss of a second son/brother/cousin/uncle.

If anyone is interested in reading the charges against Mr Dharmeca you can follow the case on GDC-UK.ORG fitness to practice upcoming hearings,
Thanks Debs for the e-mail,i will reply while i am on the train this afternoon.

STAND STRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Liz

It is now two years to the day I was diagnosed.Robin was diagnosed shortly after me and I totally support your quest for answers.I feel lucky to be posting my support to you today and wish you all the best from myself and Lorraine

Robert and Lorraine

Hi! Cookey,
GOOD LUCK LIZ
Love Trev

You go girl.

Good luck

Good luck Liz will be thinking of you

mum
xx

Good luck Liz, will think of you on Tueday morning. Hagg.

Good luck. A lo of people are thinking of you and send you there best.

Thanks everyone

its 5.30 am and i have been awake for ages with my stomach doing sumersaults.London is coming to life outside my open window although the air doesnt seem as fresh as good old yorkshire air lol.
When i am at the hearing i will be thinking of every one of you and hopefully the people this hearing can help in the future.

much love liz

Waiting to hear how you got on today Liz,
And rooting that you get the right result.
Love to you,
Michelle

Hi

well its 3am ,and i have just woken up.Despite a good size glass of wine,the events of the day have left me shocked and just a little dazed.
The start of the hearing was delayed as the dentist decided to change his story and actually admitted most of the charges.His defence also submiited new evidence from an expert witness which the court officials had to examine. I was introduced to the GDC barrister who talked me through the procedures, and then came the body blow.

She explained that while it was evident that the dentist was guilty of the charges,the professional conduct comittee are not really interested in wether his negligence contributed to Robins death,but are judging wether or not by his actions and behaviour he is a threat to the general public.

While they are taking the charges seriously they are most concerned about his standing as a dentist and how he has brought the profession in to disrepute.
She feels that even though he has now admitted his mistake , the hearing is the worst scenario that a dentist can face,and it is likely the committee may decide that this enquiry and court appearance will result in the dentist never again being so derelict in his duty and therefore he poses no future threat to his patients.
in short this b***** may be back at work on Monday morning albeit with his reputation severely tarnished.
I was what is called the main core case witness and gave my evidence and was questioned by the committee for one hour before lunch,and a further one hour after lunch,keeping myself together quite nicely until the point they asked me to describe the course of Robs treatment and death.As is my nature,i pulled no punches and let them have a graphic account of the effects of the rads and the the recurrance,and at that point i did get very emotional,but when the defence council stood up for the cross examination and opened his statement by telling the court that his client had admitted his mistake and would like to extend his apologies to myself and robs family,i soon regained my composure and found my backbone again,

The case is not expected to conclude until Thursday at the earliest and may possibly go on until Friday so i will not have any further news until i get a phone call when the verdict is in.

The press were in the public gallery,and approached my barrister for a photograph of Rob,and will possibly be in touch with me when the verdict is announced and i will hopefully have the chance to express my utter disbelief at this turn of events.
i can of course take this courts findings to a medical negligence lawyer,and go on to sue the backside off him,which at the moment i am reserving judgment on,but if he escapes any sort of suspension or supervision order,then i feel inclined to pursue this in a court of law that is more concerned with the results of his actions on robs life.

thanks to all of you for the wonderful support and i will let you know when the verdict is in.
the results will be published on the website which you can access via the link i gave you.

love liz

Hi Liz, I've only been on this board for a few months, and I'm not familiar with this case. From this bits and pieces I've picked up reading the most recent posts, this dentist should be behind bars, not reprimanded and allowed to keep his license. What a crock of crap! Hopefully there's something you can do, without costing you a fortune, that can get this quack where hit hurts! Nothing can bring back what you've lost, but justice needs to be served to your satisfaction.

Take care through all of this and keep up that wonderful backbone of yours.

Thinking of you and yours, Cricket

Dear liz,
I was not sure if I should post this but felt I must despite all the differences we have had. I have been following you posts regarding the case and am really sorry about what the verdict is going to be. They will never put him away asnd the maximum as you said - he will have a tarnished image but will be back to work.
The problem however, is that people have a very short memory and withen a few months he will be back with a flourish.
The only way you as a person can counter him and in a way that he will never ever forget Robin and you is by writing a detailed article to the newspapers - they will publish it and especially if you name the doctor (not withhold it). I doubt if he can sue you for damages as you have enough proof of what happened in the court as well as when the guy actually worked on Rob. This will lead to a human interest story on TV ( we in India still follow a lot of Bitish ways!) where they will invite you and a few others to talk about the experience. Here again you can mention the doctor by name and finally post it on the web - that will really hit him hard as name will be mud for a long long time.
To give you an example of what I did to these doctors really hit them very hard and to keep me from going public they accepted my termas and conditions - X amount of rupees to a charity named by me and ten beds for kids between 5-10 with complete free treatment - which includes - rad. chemo. surgery etc - whatever it takes and said I would like it for one year. They were really caught as their name would be mud. If you'd like to read the letter and take action somehting to that effect I would be happy to send it to you.
Hope all goes well though,
With love,
Ananth.

Thanks Ananth,and thanks for the pm too.

I have already contacted the newspaper that covers the area robs dentist practices in,and i know the press are at the hearing,so once the verdict is reached i will see how i go from there.
liz

Much to my surprise yesterdays hearing was reported in the national press.I have spoken at length with the reporter who was at the hearing and he is going to follow up the report after the dentist gives his evidence tomorrow.I have been unable to copy the article into this message but i have posted it on my face book page,and i will also copy it into the oral cancer foundation facebook site.

This is the best news possible and takes the edge of the disappointment i felt when i came home.
I have been asked to submit some photos of Robin and myself and to be prepared for further uptake of the story.They are also going to incorporate Pauls disappearance and asked for his photo as well,so just maybe some good will come out of all this.There are several reports on the internet which can be found by googling Naline Dharmecha