A former Manhasset sleep clinician who admitted planting hidden cameras in bathrooms to spy on patients was sentenced to 6 months in the county correctional center on Thursday in Mineola.

Sanjai Syamaprasad, 48, apologized for the spying and said he was glad to move on with his life before he was taken away by court officers.

"I apologize for everyone," Syamaprasad told State Supreme Court Justice Meryl Berkowitz shortly before she handed down the sentence.

Syamaprasad, of Brooklyn, pleaded guilty in July to five counts of unlawful surveillance for secreting cameras inside smoke detectors and recording patients on the toilet at the Northwell Health Sleep Disorders Center.

He also pleaded guilty to two counts of tampering with evidence after he burned memory cards that prosecutors belie

See Full Page