A surgeon who cut off a patient’s testicle by mistake has been struck off the medical register.
Dr Sulieman Al Hourani was only supposed to take out a cyst but removed the whole right testicle instead. The blunder happened at Fairfield General Hospital in Bury, Greater Manchester, in September 2007.
Dr Al Hourani, who has returned to his native Jordan, was found guilty of misconduct by a GMC fitness to practise panel.
The locum surgeon was struck off in his absence and refused to engage in the proceedings.
Medical notes made it “perfectly clear” the procedure was to be “excision of right epididymal cyst”, a disciplinary hearing was told.
The hearing was also told that in August 2006, Dr Al Hourani had injected himself with two milligrams (mg) of midazolam, a powerful sedative, which was meant for a patient.
Hospital staff said the doctor, who was on call, appeared unsteady on his feet and was later found in the doctors’ mess room “deeply asleep” and taken to A&E.
Dr Al Hourani was issued with a final warning over that incident but was eventually dismissed by his employers, Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, in October 2007 over allegations he stole two boxes of dihydrocodeine tablets.
Read more at BBC Health.
Tags: fitness to practise, GMC
