Controversial neurosurgeon Charlie Teo has been discovered responsible {of professional} misconduct over two surgical procedures which had “disastrous” outcomes.
A Skilled Requirements Committee delivered their findings on Tuesday, putting restrictions on the star physician’s registration of their determination.
Dr Teo had confronted critical complaints over his skilled conduct on the Prince of Wales Non-public Hospital in Sydney in 2018 and 2019.
Each sufferers have been “weak ladies” who confronted the prospect of demise from their respective mind tumours.
The committee discovered Dr Teo “didn’t train applicable judgment in continuing to surgical resection” within the case of the primary lady, titled Affected person A.
“It was excessive danger and inappropriate surgical procedure by purpose of the character and placement of the tumour, its genetic kind, and it was diffuse,: the committee’s judgment states.
The committee additionally discovered the surgical procedure’s potential detriments “far outweighed” any potential advantages, was not supported by medical literature and that Dr Teo had an “overriding moral obligation” to refuse surgical procedure required by the Code of Conduct for surgeons.
For the second lady – Affected person B – they discovered Dr Teo “carried out surgical procedure which was totally different to that proposed to the affected person”.
“The surgical technique led to unwarranted and extreme removing of regular useful mind,” the committee’s judgment states.
A part of the restrictions positioned on him embody a requirement to acquire written permission from a council-approved neurosurgeon with no less than 15 years expertise as a registered specialist in neurosurgery, earlier than Dr Teo performs any “malignant intracranial tumour and mind stem tumour surgical procedures”.
Extra to come back.
