AN OPERATION ON A FOUR-YEAR-OLD BOY HAD BEEN UNNNE

AN OPERATION ON A FOUR-YEAR-OLD BOY HAD BEEN UNNNECESSARY AND
LEFT HIM HANDICAPPED, THE HIGH COURT IN LONDON HEARD TODAY (MONDAY).

YOUNG BLONDE HAIRED, BRIGHT-EYED GARRIE MOSE, NOW 10, STILL
HAS TROBULE LIFTING HIS LEG AND IS NOT SO AGILE, HIS COUNSEL MR.

PETER
CLARK SAID.

AFTER AN OPERATION AT WEST HERTS HOSPITAL TO REMOVE A LUMP ON
HIS LEG IN 1980 GARRIE WAS UNABLE TO FLEX HIS ANKLE AND KEP? FALLING
OVER.

GARRIE’S FATHER, RONALD, OF CAMBOURNE DRIVE, GROVEHILL WEST,
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, SUING ON HIS BEHALF, CLAIMS GARRIE WAS SYMPTOM FREE
BEFORE THE OPERATION ON SEPTEMBER 7.

BUT THE LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY MAINTAIN THAT THE LUMP ON
GARRIE’S LEG WAS A BENIGN TUMOUR WHICH HAD GROWN IN THE TWO PREVIOUS
YEARS AND HAD TO BE REMOVED.

THE NORTH WEST HERTFORDSHIRE HEALTH AUTHORITY IS DENYING
LIABILITY.

COUNSEL HAD AGREED DAMAGES FOR PAIN, LOSS AND SUFFERING AND
LOSS OF FUTURE EARNIGS AT #10,000.

BUT DEPUTY JUDGE, MR.

ANTHONY
HIDDEN, QC, CONSIDERED IT WAS TOO LOW.

THE HEARING CONTINUES.

ENDS*

NOTE: PROBABLY FINISH WEDNESDAY
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