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Healthcare assistant who told transplant patients COVID was 'fake information' was fairly sacked, tribunal rules

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, which an employment tribunal ruled had fairly dismissed Giovanna Marino after she told immunosuppressed transplant patients Covid was not real.
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, which an employment tribunal ruled had fairly dismissed Giovanna Marino after she told immunosuppressed transplant patients Covid was not real.

Giovanna Marino, a healthcare assistant on Harefield Hospital's transplant unit, was fairly sacked after telling immunosuppressed and end-stage heart and lung patients that Covid was not real, an employment tribunal has ruled. Employment Judge Hyams and panel member L Hoey unanimously threw out every claim against Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, including unfair dismissal and discrimination over her veganism.

Matron Helen Doyle warned an outbreak among immunosuppressed patients would mean 'absolute carnage on the ward'.

At her appeal, Marino likened mask compliance to Nazi guards claiming they were 'following orders'.

Employment Judge Havard had earlier ruled her Covid views lacked 'cogency and cohesion', so were not protected.

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