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Disgraced Dundee surgeon ordered to pay £2.8million compensation award in full

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A judge has ruled that a former Ninewells Hospital surgeon must pay a patient’s £2.8million compensation in full.Lord Uist ruled that bungling Muftah Salem Eljamel’s negligence left a woman with "life-changing injuries”.He concluded the medic was entirely to blame for leaving Carolyn Almond-Roots with serious disabilities.Earlier this year she sued Mr Eljamel and NHS Tayside after developing a rare spinal condition - called Cauda Equina Syndrome - in 2013.But in a 32-page written judgment issued yesterday - the Law Lord concluded the illness only developed after Eljamel’s negligence and ordered him to pay the full costs.And he concluded it would be ‘unjust’ to find NHS Tayside liable to contribute to any damages.The judge wrote: “It seems

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