A 59-year-old Nigerian Senior Surgeon, Dr
Lawal Haruna, who reportedly removed a
woman’s ovary accidentally instead of her
appendix has been struck off after being
branded a ‘danger to patients.
He allegedly botched up three operations over
the course of two years including removing a
woman’s ovary because he said the appendix
and fallopian tubes were similar ‘worm-like
structures’ in the same area.
The unnamed woman, known as Patient B,
was treated by him when she was admitted
for abdominal pain while he was working for
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Trust in Sheffield,
South Yorkshire.
During the operation, one of her ovaries was
removed leaving her appendix – which was
causing her great pain – in situ. A tribunal
heard how it was lucky she was not of child-
bearing age as it could have affected her
fertility.
Dr Haruna botched up two further operations
mistaking a lump of fat for an appendix in one
case and a skin tag for a harmful lump in
another.
Colleagues described the operations as poorly
executed and ‘never events’. Haruna who
claims to have 25 years experience later
dismissed the incidents as ‘trifling errors’ and
said the appendix and fallopian tubes were
similar ‘worm-like structures which lie in a
similar area.
The surgeon, who represented himself, told
the Manchester hearing he had ‘poor vision’ at
the time he carried out the surgery and
claimed it would be ‘harsh’ to strike him off.
But at the Medical Practitioners Tribunal
Service a disciplinary panel found him guilty of
misconduct and banned him from treating
patients.
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