DHAKA: A surgeon has been suspended over allegations that he ‘branded’ his initials onto a patient’s liver.

The letters were reportedly found by a colleague who was performing a routine operation on the unnamed patient.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust confirmed that they were investigating the claims made against a surgeon at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.

The surgeon has been suspended while an internal investigation is carried out.

In a statement, the Trust said, ‘Following an allegation of misconduct, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust has suspended a surgeon while an internal investigation is complete’.

The news comes after concerns were raised by a report published by NHS England in mid-December which exposed mistakes made by its staff.

Errors which should never happen, or ‘never-events’, included patients being given the wrong blood type, and the wrong patient undergoing surgery, reports The Times of India.

BDST: 1658 HRS, DEC 24, 2013
Edited by Robab Rosan, Current Affairs Editor