What Dr Kadiyali Srivatsa did while working as a General Practitioner at College Road Surgery in Woking, starting in 2003, was observe a dangerous shift in primary care: nurses with no formal medical training or qualifications were being allowed to independently examine, diagnose, and prescribe treatments to patients.

In accordance with his ethical duty and the Hippocratic Oath to "Do No Harm," he refused to remain silent. Using direct perception and documented facts—similar to the pratyaksha (perception) and shabd (testimony/documentation) modes of proof described in the Mimamsa Sutras—Dr. Srivatsa carefully gathered evidence from over 70 cases where this "nurse-led" practice caused serious clinical errors, delayed diagnoses, and even death. He then became a whistleblower, making protected disclosures to the Primary Care T ...