VIRGIN MEDIA have sacked a chronically ill worker in a “blatant violation of the Equality Act,” the GMB union said today. 

Pawan Paul, 23, who suffers from Crohn’s Disease, had worked for the telecoms giant in Brentford, west London, since he was an 18-year-old apprentice. 

The installer was hospitalised in September and told he may have to wear a stoma bag for the rest of his life but despite being prescribed strong steroids and painkillers, returned to work full-time at the end of the month.