Surgeon cut off testicle 'by mistake' at Bury hospital
A patient lost a testicle during an operation because the surgeon cut it off by mistake, a General Medical Council (GMC) hearing has been told.
Dr Sulieman Al Hourani was only supposed to cut out a cyst, but removed the whole right testicle instead.
He is accused of misconduct and also of stealing medication.
It is alleged the doctor, who is now practising in Jordan and was not present at the hearing, also injected himself with a drug meant for a patient.
Sarah Prichard, counsel for the GMC, said the mistake was made as a nurse helping the surgeon turned her back to get a stitch.
When she turned around the testicle had been removed.
Doctor dismissed
Ms Prichard said: "Literally as the nurse turned away to get a transfixion stitch, the incident occurred and the testicle was removed.
The GMC was told of another incident in August 2006, when Dr Al Hourani had consulted a colleague and was advised to inject a patient with 10 milligrams (mg) of midazolam, a powerful sedative drug.
He then gave the patient 8mg and injected himself with the other 2mg, the hearing was told.
The case against Dr Al Hourani is being heard in his absence as he was notified of the hearing but chose not to "engage" with the GMC or appoint lawyers to represent him.
The case, scheduled to last three weeks, was adjourned until Tuesday.
That's nuts.
FFS its a loada balls.
Complete bollocks.
I wonder did the Doc feel a bit of p***k when he realised what he did!!
At least he didn't get shafted.
Perhaps a bit over zealous in his preparation for the Adolf Hitler look a like night.
Apparently Dr Al Hourani was trained by a guy called Ivan Knackaknackenemov...............
There's a vas deferens between a cyst and a testicle.
Quote from: Hardy on April 21, 2010, 12:32:06 PM
There's a vas deferens between a cyst and a testicle.
Winner by a country mile!
His opportunities have been cut off.
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from Belly Telly.
A surgeon who cut off a patient's testicle by mistake has been struck off the medical register.
Dr Sulieman Al Hourani was supposed to take out a cyst on the patient's right testis but instead he removed the whole testicle.
The man, known only as patient A, had gone into Fairfield General Hospital in Bury, Greater Manchester, for the operation in September 2007.
The blunder happened when a nurse helping the locum surgeon turned her back and Dr Al Hourani removed the testicle.
Dr Al Hourani was found guilty of misconduct by the General Medical Council (GMC) fitness-to-practise panel.
More than a year earlier in August 2006, Dr Al Hourani had injected two milligrams (mg) of midazolam, a powerful sedative drug, into himself which was intended for a patient. He was on call at the hospital and was the most senior surgeon on duty.
Staff said he appeared unsteady on his feet, bumped into boxes, held on to a wall and was "weaving" down the corridor.
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