https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7697217/surgeon-sacked-robotic-heart-op-back-work/
AXED DOC'S NEW JOB
Surgeon sacked after his patient died during the UK’s first robotic heart op is working at another hospital
Sukumaran Nair admitted he was 'running before he could walk' in using the Da Vinci machine when a patient with 99 per cent chance of surviving during the routine surgery died
By Robin Perrie
9th November 2018, 2:44 am
A SURGEON sacked after his patient died during the UK’s first robotic heart op is working at another hospital, an inquest heard yesterday.
Sukumaran Nair admitted he was “running before he could walk” in using the Da Vinci machine as he hadn’t had enough training.
Heart surgeon Sukumaran Nair pictured leaving Newcastle Civic centre on 6 November after an inquest into the death of a patient at Freeman Hospital during the UK's first robotic hear op
Retired music teacher Stephen Pettitt, 69, had a 99 per cent chance of surviving the routine surgery.
But the robot controlled by Nair stitched his heart incorrectly and use was stopped when its camera was “blinded by blood”.
Nair told the inquest: “I should have gained more experience.”
Stephen, a dad of three, suffered organ failure and died eight days later at the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle. Nair is now working in Scotland but not in robotic surgery.
AXED DOC'S NEW JOB
Surgeon sacked after his patient died during the UK’s first robotic heart op is working at another hospital
Sukumaran Nair admitted he was 'running before he could walk' in using the Da Vinci machine when a patient with 99 per cent chance of surviving during the routine surgery died
By Robin Perrie
9th November 2018, 2:44 am
A SURGEON sacked after his patient died during the UK’s first robotic heart op is working at another hospital, an inquest heard yesterday.
Sukumaran Nair admitted he was “running before he could walk” in using the Da Vinci machine as he hadn’t had enough training.
Heart surgeon Sukumaran Nair pictured leaving Newcastle Civic centre on 6 November after an inquest into the death of a patient at Freeman Hospital during the UK's first robotic hear op
Retired music teacher Stephen Pettitt, 69, had a 99 per cent chance of surviving the routine surgery.
But the robot controlled by Nair stitched his heart incorrectly and use was stopped when its camera was “blinded by blood”.
Nair told the inquest: “I should have gained more experience.”
Stephen, a dad of three, suffered organ failure and died eight days later at the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle. Nair is now working in Scotland but not in robotic surgery.
