Doctors suspended for removing wrong kidney
Year: 2004
Type: article
Abstract: Two doctors who mistakenly removed a patient's only working kidney have been suspended for 12 months by the General Medical Council.
Mr John Gethin Roberts, a consultant urologist, and registrar Mr Mahesh Goel faced the GMC's professional conduct committee 18 months after being acquitted of manslaughter in the death of 70 year old patient Graham Reeves.
Mr Reeves underwent what should have been a right nephrectomy at the Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli, South Wales, in January 2000. But under Mr Roberts's supervision, Mr Goel removed the patient's left kidney in error.
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Source: BMJ
Author: Owen Dyer
Language: English
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1982161868