A general practitioner who sexually assaulted three patients, including a terminally ill woman, has been permanently removed from the medical register. Dr. Mohan Babu, 47, was found guilty of sexually assaulting patients at a surgery in Havant, Hampshire, where he worked alongside his wife, who is also a doctor.

Babu, originally from India and having settled in the UK in 2005, was sentenced in 2024 to three and a half years in prison following the conviction. Among the victims was a 19-year-old woman and a patient with terminal pancreatic cancer. In one instance, Babu instructed the terminally ill woman to remove her top before inappropriately touching her. This patient has since passed away.

The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) concluded that Babu's actions represented a “predatory, repeated, persistent and an abuse of his professional position.” The tribunal’s decision to strike him off the medical register means he is no longer licensed to practice medicine in the UK.

Babu is also a father of two. The case has drawn attention to issues of trust and safeguarding within medical practices, highlighting the need for vigilance in protecting vulnerable patients. The authorities continue to emphasize the importance of reporting any misconduct to prevent similar abuses in healthcare settings.