Some wonder, what do the doctors and nurses while patients are unconscious. Someone suspects a vile conversations and discussions. Someone is afraid of racist words.
Now paranoid, I think, you should worry even more. Yesterday, December 13, the British surgeon Simon Bramhall admitted before the court that he used the laser beamto leave their initials on the liver of two patients.
According to The Telegraph, the 53-year-old Bramhall «wrote» the letters SB during operations. He used the laser required for marking the site of the operation and the «sealing» of blood vessels.
Typically, the laser traces disappear from the body after some time, but the liver is one woman not heal properly. During the next surgery, the doctors and found a «signature» Bramhall.
For 12 years the man worked as a surgeon at the hospital named the Queen Elizabeth in Birmingham. He also taught medical students and supervised graduate students. In 2010, he became famous due to the fact that the successfully transplanted patient the liver from the pilot of a private plane that crashed in Birmingham.
An internal investigation in relation to Bramhall began in 2014, then he left the hospital, saying he «made a mistake».
Yesterday, the Prosecutor Tony Badenoch said that it was «very unusual and challenging business, unique in the criminal law has not been».
The court will have to decide whether to strip the surgeon of his license. It is expected that the verdict will be announced in January 2018.
