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Nigerian Surgeon Accidentally Removes Woman’s Ovary Instead Of Appendix by Whogoknow(m): 10:16am On May 14, 2017
A senior surgeon who accidentally removed a woman’s ovary instead of her appendix has been struck off after being branded a ‘danger’ to patients.
Dr Lawal Haruna, 59, 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.
The unnamed woman, known as Patient B, was treated by him when she was admitted for abdominal pain while he was working for Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Trust in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
During the operation, 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 ......Read more visit whogoknow.com

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Re: Nigerian Surgeon Accidentally Removes Woman’s Ovary Instead Of Appendix by demiladegold(f): 10:41am On May 14, 2017
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Re: Nigerian Surgeon Accidentally Removes Woman’s Ovary Instead Of Appendix by Dimejidude(m): 10:44am On May 14, 2017
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Re: Nigerian Surgeon Accidentally Removes Woman’s Ovary Instead Of Appendix by demiladegold(f): 10:49am On May 14, 2017
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Good morning Demilade. How was your Night?

Morning... Fine thanks
Re: Nigerian Surgeon Accidentally Removes Woman’s Ovary Instead Of Appendix by Dimejidude(m): 10:58am On May 14, 2017
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