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Doctor wrongly paid for 2 years after losing job said he thought NHS cash was 'gift'

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A doctor who was mistakenly paid for more than two years after losing his job has claimed he thought the money was a "gift" from the NHS.

Dr Haydar Al Nageim failed to flag up the error and pocketed more than £41,000 of NHS money from the Royal Liverpool Hospital over 27 months .

When he was contacted by fraud investigators he made "absurd" claims that he didn't question why the payments were being made. "At the time I received it, I was grateful for it and continued to receive it and I didn't question it because why would I question a gift horse," he told them.

He was eventually rumbled after an investigation into separate allegations that he used facilities provided for on call medics at the Countess of Chester Hospital, despite not

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