A bungling surgeon operated in the wrong places an
A bungling surgeon operated in the wrong places and used incorrect procedures leaving his patients screaming in pain, the General Medical Council heard today.
Nalini Senchaudhuri had to get a junior colleague to help him out after a five minute procedure took him more than an hour, it was claimed.
In another operation a middle-aged woman was left howling in agony after he began surgery before the anaesthetic took effect, the conduct committee heard.
One patient’s condition was allegedly made worse by the operation Senchaudhuri performed.
Heather Norton for the GMC said: ‘This case demonstrates an unsatisfactory standard of care and failings on a personal and clinical level.
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Senchaudhuri was working as a locum consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Bishop Auckland hospital, County Durham when he saw Glennis Todd in February 1994.
She was due to have an epidural injection but the surgeon carried it out before the local anaesthetic began working properly, it was claimed.
Miss Norton said: ‘She was in a great deal of pain, She was screaming.
The doctor could have interrupted the procedure or abandoned it all together but he continued, despite being asked to stop.
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In April 1994 Carole Sowerby went to the hospital for surgery on two toes but Senchaudhuri is said to have carried out the wrong operation.
Miss Norton said: ‘As a result Miss Sowerby was in a lot of pain.
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In June 1994 car crash victim Kim Hunt went to the hospital with a broken leg bone and Senchaudhuri inserted screws so badly that her bone would not set.
‘The procedure took six hours when the normal length of time would be one to two hours,’ Miss Norton said.
When Kevin Marley was admitted in July of that year with a damaged right shoulder, Senchaudhuri made an incision in the wrong area and the intended surgery was not carried out.
‘The incision was made in the wrong place and no surgery apparently was carried out, at least not to a satisfactory standard,’ Miss Norton told the hearing.
‘It resulted in a worsening of his condition and prolonged symptoms.
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Senchaudhuri later worked in the same position for the United Bristol Health Care trust in 1998, where he again made appalling errors, it is alleged.
In July 1998, Maureen Powell attended the Hand Rehabilitation Unit for an injection to her thumb to ease pain.
Senchaudhuri inserted the needle in the wrong place, the committee heard.
‘His examination was inadequate, leading him to inject the wrong part of her thumb, giving her distress,’ Miss Norton said.
Later that same month, Senchaudhuri tried to insert a screw into the hip of elderly patient Joan Bond but struggled so much that a colleague had to help.
‘It should have been a standard procedure and have taken only minutes to do,’ Miss Norton said.
‘Senchaudhuri took over an hour and was still unable to insert the guidewire.
As a result a first year registrar had to be called in to assist.
He saw that the guide wire was in the wrong place.
‘He took over and did the procedure without difficulty.
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Senchaudhuri of Du Cane Court, Balham High Road,
south west London, denies serious professional misconduct.
The hearing continues.
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