Great Ormond Street ‘rogue’ surgeon left 22 kids with life-changing injuries

Evening Standard

Great Ormond Street Hospital said it was “incredibly sorry” after launching an urgent review into the cases of 721 children treated by the same surgeon in London.Patients suffered life-changing injuries including amputations, permanent deformities and chronic pain, the Sunday Times reports.Former consultant surgeon Yaser Jabbar, 43, who worked in its orthopaedic department, has been described by colleagues as “cavalier” and “blasé”.At least 22 children who underwent limb reconstruction surgery are known to have been harmed, according to a leaked report on the scandal by the Royal College of Surgeons.

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00:00A surgeon at London's most famous children's hospital is now the focus of an urgent review

00:08after his patients, some of them just four months old, were left with avoidable amputations,

00:16permanent deformities and chronic pain.

00:20Former consultant surgeon Yasser Jaber, who worked in the orthopaedic department of Great

00:26Ormond Street, treated 721 children.

00:31We now know at least 22 of those underwent limb reconstruction surgery are now known

00:38to have been harmed.

00:39Some of them were left with legs of different lengths, in some cases by as much as eight

00:45inches, while other injuries include muscle damage and nerve injuries.

00:52The Sunday Times first broke this story after it was given a leaked confidential report

00:56from the Royal College of Surgeons, who were asked by the hospital to carry out a review.

01:02It found that Mr Jaber's conduct and his department was, quote, dysfunctional, saying that the

01:08NHS Trust was run more like a political organisation, with consultants behaving in an outdated and

01:15unacceptable way.

01:18The Standard has spoken to a lawyer who represents the families, who have had their greatest

01:23fears confirmed.

01:25They say one child may have undergone an avoidable amputation, while others had inappropriate

01:32and unnecessary surgeries.

01:35Great Ormond Street say that they are incredibly sorry and that they are taking the findings

01:39of the report very seriously.

01:42They say all parents have been contacted and that they will address the findings at pace.

01:48The surgeon, Mr Jaber, has not had a licence to practice medicine in the UK since January,

01:53the medical register shows.

01:55He is now thought to be working in Dubai.

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