Surgeon That Stapled woman's honeypot Stood Down After Another Significant Clinical Incident

A GOLD Coast hospital surgeon who seriously injured a patient during an operation three years ago has been stood down after another

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“significant clinical incident”

. In the first case, the doctor, on a $350,000-a-year salary, accidentally stapled the v**ina of a woman during routine surgery at a Gold Coast hospital.

This time, a middle-aged man was left with

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“massive urological trauma”

caused during a hernia operation. Gold Coast Health confirmed yesterday the surgeon had been stood down on February 1 and the Office of the Health Ombudsman and the Health Practitioners Regulation Agency were investigating.

But the Bulletin understands some staff are furious with management, having warned bureaucrats in recent months about the ageing doctor continuing to perform surgery.

The surgeon had been taken off the on-call rosters after the incident at the Gold Coast hospital in 2013, the source said. Professor Marianne Vonau, GCH’s executive director of clinical governance, education and research, said: “We apologised to the patient and offer our full and ongoing support.

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Posted: at 15-02-2016 04:16 PM (8 years ago) | Hero

Hmmm only God can help

Posted: at 15-02-2016 04:29 PM (8 years ago) | Upcoming

only in Australia!!   thank God im a man

Posted: at 15-02-2016 04:36 PM (8 years ago) | Grande Master

how I wish

Posted: at 15-02-2016 05:06 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Sue the hospital jare,..them dey craze?

Posted: at 15-02-2016 05:56 PM (8 years ago) | Hero

Confused surgeon..

Posted: at 15-02-2016 08:53 PM (8 years ago) | Hero

mmm....with all him medical studies stil
dnt knw him right and wrongs abi.....

Posted: at 15-02-2016 09:55 PM (8 years ago) | Hero

Abeg make una retire the old surgeon,thou he might be an expert during his youthful age but life has no duplicate,Retire him now before he forgot phone for somebody4 belly.Rubbish.

Posted: at 15-02-2016 10:23 PM (8 years ago) | Hero

I feel for her

Posted: at 15-02-2016 11:07 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

it is well

Posted: at 16-02-2016 10:39 AM (8 years ago) | Upcoming