Dr. Sulieman Al Hourani was supposed to cut out a cyst but instead, he had accidentally removed the whole right testicle of a patient. Dr. Al Hourani was just a locum surgeon at Fairfield General Hospital in Bury, Greater Manchester, during the time of the surgery in September 2007. The surgeon is accused of misconduct over the error he committed and faces further charges of injecting himself with a drug which is supposedly meant for a patient and also stealing medications. According to Sarah Prichard, counsel for the GMC opening the hearing, said that a man, only known as patient A, had gone into the hospital for an operation where a cyst has to be removed on September 05, 2007. Patient A was the first patient of the day and in his medical notes, it was perfectly clear that the procedure was to be “excision of right cyst.” In addition, Ms. Prichard said that the theatre staff will reveal to the panel their impression of what happened during the surgery. Dr. Al Hourani had mistakenly removed the testicle rather than the cyst. During the operation, staff had no discussion raised by Dr. Al Hourani in the procedure as to why he was changing from excision of a cyst to removal of a testicle. Ms. Prichard stated that the mistake was committed when one nurse who was helping the surgeon turned her back to get a transfixion stitch and when she turned around the testicle was removed. The hearing which was scheduled to last for three weeks was adjourned until this morning. A Surgeon Accidentally Cut Off Patient’s Testicle is a post from: Daily World Buzz
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A Surgeon Accidentally Cut Off Patient’s Testicle
