A clinician currently part of UK NHS practice who has been struck off after a botched bowel surgery, prompting a professional misconduct investigation and permanent removal from practice.
A locum NHS surgeon performing an emergency bowel operation at Royal Oldham Hospital has been found to have carried out a totally unconventional procedure that connected the small intestine to the stomach, creating a closed loop. The patient endured weeks of pain before another surgeon corrected the error; the tribunal has struck the doctor from the medical register for serious professional misconduct.