A BEVERLY Hills pharmacist who supplied addictive drugs to a criminal syndicate has been banned from practising for at least six months, despite the Health Care Complaints Commission calling for a two-year suspension.
Ahmed Osman supplied pain relief medication including oxycodone and fentanyl and anti-anxiety drugs such as diazepam and tramadol to an unknown person in increasing quantities over two years between Jan 2021 and Feb 2022.
He was working at a pharmacy owned by his sister.
He met the buyer outside the pharmacy about once a month, and handed over a quantity of no less than 50 boxes, in what the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal described as conduct "completely antithetical to his professional responsibilities".
Afterwards, he made retrospective entries in the drug register and created falsified records to ensure that stock levels could be reconciled and to avoid detection.
Osman claimed to supply the drugs because the criminals had threatened him and his family.
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