tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894771369574668254.post7278772496755714302..comments2023-05-12T04:04:02.729-07:00Comments on Liverpool Care Pathway: A National Scandal: Liverpool Care Pathway – The Audacity Of HindsightEldoelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16160281149545272697noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894771369574668254.post-71717833830386568522012-12-16T12:49:12.716-08:002012-12-16T12:49:12.716-08:00Like you, I have serious doubts about What action ...Like you, I have serious doubts about What action these watchdogs will take, even where complaints lead to an investigation and serious malpractice is established.<br /><br />A quick, random search on the internet produced the following:<br /><br />"A doctor who pulled out a woman's ovary and part of her bowel during a botched abortion has escaped being struck off the medical register. Her life was only saved after three consultants at the Birmingham Women's Hospital carried out a five-hour emergency operation in which her right kidney had to be removed."<br /><br />"Hospital allowed ‘careless’ surgeon to continue working after ‘potentially fatal’ error."<br /><br />"NHS doctor allowed to continue to sexually abuse women for 20 years....despite facing at least nine different complaints, a series of police investigations, and four criminal trials – none of which ended in a conviction. He was finally struck off follwoing re-examination of the complaints."<br /><br />"Doctor who for five years failed to examine a patient presenting symptons of cancer, so that the patient died, was allowed to continue working."<br /><br />"Australian doctor imprisoned for rape, attempted rape, deprivation of liberty, three assaults and occasioning bodily harm" was subsequently allowed to continue working.<br /> <br />"cardiologist was allowed to continue operating on patients at a top Manhattan hospital despite testing positive for cocaine."<br /><br />Harlow bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15534534725558939316noreply@blogger.com