It only took the authorities 19 years...
In 2001 Kavinder Madhra started at the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust.Within 12 months he had been issued a warning from the General Medical Council.
It was blatantly obvious to his colleagues - four of whom have confirmed their opinion - that he was a 'rogue consultant' - someone who was putting patients at risk.
He was sent off to Scotland - at the taxpayer's expense - to 'retrain' (while still being paid his salary) and returned to Cumbria a number of years later.
He continued to make mistakes. Right up until September 2018 when the GMC/MPTS finally imposed restrictions on him (although you may question why the trust hadn't done something sooner).
One former nurse told me how in theatre Mr Madhra would 'sprinkle' powder penicillin over a wound after performing surgery. I'll allow those who are medically trained to make up their own mind about such a practice.
On one occasion, after operating on a patient, Mr Madhra asked a nurse to pass him the penicillin. The nurse pointed out that the patient in question was allergic to penicillin.
"So? Just have the adrenaline to hand," Mr Madhra replied.
The nurse quite rightly refused and the surgeon said he would go and find the antibiotic himself.
Not knowing what to do the nurse called the hospital's pharmacist to tell them of Mr Madhra's intentions. Fortunately the pharmacist stopped Mr Madhra.
Last week the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service confirmed Mr Madhra had admitted, and had therefore been proven, to have failed a competence test. The hearing continues.
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