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Friday, March 28, 2003A consultant gynaecologist who inadvertently removed parts of a woman's kidneys, ovaries, and fallopian tubes during an abortion has been found guilty of serious professional misconduct by the General Medical Council but is allowed to continue working, under conditions. Dr Andrew Gbinigie, 47, was working his first day at the private Calthorpe Clinic in Birmingham in November 2000 when the abortion took place. During his first three abortions in the morning theatre staff had became concerned at his technique, and senior staff spoke to him at lunch time, but he reassured them that he was competent to tackle more developed fetuses. His first operation after lunch was on a 21 year old patient referred to in the case as Miss A, who was 20 weeks into her pregnancy. During the operation staff saw Dr Gbinigie remove various pieces of tissue that he seemed unable to identify. After he pulled down a segment of bowel his colleagues took serious fright, and an ambulance was called to transfer the patient to Birmingham Women's Hospital, where her life was eventually narrowly saved, but at the cost of a kidney. It's possible because at 20 weeks he probably thought it was fetal guts instead of adult guts he was removing. Who could tell the difference? posted by Sydney on 3/28/2003 08:29:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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