Birmingham Surgeon Suspended Over Claims He Allegedly 'Branded His Initials Into Patient's LIVER'!
Fears that hundreds of other transplant recipients could have had the same thing done to them
A surgeon at a Birmingham hospital has been suspended following allegations he 'branded his initials on a patient's liver'.
It's claimed the letters were found by a colleague during a routine operation on the patient at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, but there are fears that hundreds of other transplant recipients could have had the same thing done to them.
The disturbing allegation centre around claims the experience surgeon allegedly used a beam of argon gas - for sealing vessels - to brand his patient.
Experts say it would leave superficial burns but is not usually harmful.
Joyce Robins, of Patient Concern, added: "This is a patient we are talking about, not an autograph book."
University Hospitals Birmingham Trust said it "suspended a surgeon while an internal investigation is completed" .
A Daily Mirror UK report.
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