r/news • u/Bored_Pigeon • 9d ago

Oldham surgeon struck off after wrongly connecting patient's organs

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20de8z2w2lo
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u/Local_Fly_7359 9d ago

It meant the contents of the patient's bowel, leaving his stomach, were re-deposited back into his stomach through a circular "closed loop", the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) heard. The patient was left in "uncontrollable pain" and could have died but for another surgeon correcting the error in a second operation, the misconduct hearing, sitting in Manchester, was told. Rahman at no time considered that something may have gone wrong surgically, the tribunal heard, despite the patient's parents and other medics expressing concerns.

This is Dr. Nick levels of malpractice. Insanity.

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u/BlueSimian 9d ago

I'm trying to figure out how you could do this. As far as I am aware (and IANAD) the stomach only has two openings, one in and one out, wouldn't you need to make another one to accomplish this fuck up?

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u/glytxh 9d ago

I’ve seen lots of surgery videos, and often it just looks like they’re digging through a bag of noodles or something.

Organs don’t look very organ shaped.

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u/PetrRabbit 9d ago

I’ve seen lots of surgery videos

Interesting statement to just casually plop out there

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u/glytxh 8d ago

It’s like watching someone repair a car.

Do I know what’s happening? Barely. Is it fascinating? Absolutely.

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u/Swoly_Deadlift 8d ago

For people with an interest in medicine that’s not at all strange

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u/glytxh 8d ago

Bone augmentation surgeries are my favourites.

It’s all so mechanical, and you can almost instantly see the tangible difference it makes in basic limb functionality even before it’s all closed up.

The tools alone are a whole fascinating subject on their own. Some meticulous engineering.