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Nigerian Surgeon Mistakenly Removes Lady’s ovary Instead of Appendix

Nigerian Surgeon Mistakenly Removes Lady's ovary Instead of Appendix A 59-year-old Nigerian senior surgeon, Dr Lawal Haruna has been branded a danger to patient after he was reported to have removed a woman’s ovary accidentally instead of her appendix.

According to reports, he has allegedly botched up three operations over the course of two years including removing a woman’s ovary because he said the appendix and fallopian tubes were similar ‘worm-like structures’ in the same area.

While he was working for Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Trust in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, the woman, known as Patient B, was treated by him when she was admitted for abdominal pain.

However, one of her ovaries was removed leaving her appendix – which was causing her great pain – in situ. A tribunal heard how it was lucky she was not of child-bearing age as it could have affected her fertility.

Dr Haruna botched up two further operations mistaking a lump of fat for an appendix in one case and a skin tag for a harmful lump in another. Colleagues described the operations as poorly executed and ‘never events’.

The surgeon who claims to have 25 years experience dismissed the incidents as ‘trifling errors’ and said the appendix and fallopian tubes were similar ‘worm-like structures which lie in a similar area.

Haruna who represented himself, told the Manchester hearing that he had ‘poor vision’ at the time of the surgery and claimed it would be ‘harsh’ to strike him off.

Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service a disciplinary panel found him guilty of misconduct and banned him from treating patients.

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