THE doctor who sparked the MMR controversy “showed a callous disregard” for the suffering of children and “abused his position of trust”, a disciplinary panel ruled yesterday.
Dr Andrew Wakefield took blood samples from youngsters at his son’s birthday party in return for payments of £5. The doctor, who was absent from yesterday’s General Medical Council (GMC) hearing, faces being struck off the medical register.
He further acted dishonestly and was misleading in the way he described a study which was later published in The Lancet medical journal, the GMC said.
