Paramedic ABANDONS dying man so he can go home on time
A PARAMEDIC abandoned a dying patient so he could clock off at the end of his shift.
Mark Lakinski has been banned from working as a paramedic since the shocking treatment of the patient, who died when he finally arrived at hospital.
Lakinski picked up the poorly man eight minutes before he was due to finish and took the patient to an ambulance station rather than the hospital.
The man stopped breathing while en route to the University of North Tees Hospital, had a heart attack on arrival and later died.
Lakinski, of Billingham, Teesside, who had an unblemished career spannig 30 years, had been due to finish his shift at 4pm but received an emergency call at 3.52pm.
The Health Care Professionals Council (HCPC) heard that Lakinski 'admitted the facts in that he failed to transport a patient directly to hospital, stopping en route at an ambulance station and handing the patient over so he could be relieved from duty'.
The panel found that Lakinski's actions amounted to misconduct and he has now voluntarily removed himself from the professional register.
The incident happened on May 18 2009 and Lakinski was suspended from the register for a year.
When the ban was lifted he attempted to rebuild his career in the private sector, but since then fresh allegations of his work have emerged.
Lakinski has been banned from working as a paramedic unless he applies to be restored to the register.
