The quality of his work or his qualifications, or his salary, are not valid reasons why this surgeon should not have been suspended. The fact that he is innocent until proven guilty most certainly is. A little perspective here? If he is not putting patients at risk by his action, although ironicaly patients are at risk due to his enforced IN-action, then he should be back at work while due process is completed. Stealing most certainly is stealing, but common sense is common sense, so let's apply the latter to the former, and see how quickly this can be sorted out, to everyone's benefit.