Expert was NOT given vital information before recommending surgery that killed beloved doctor and dad-of-two
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA national medical expert says she would not have recommended a procedure that was botched and killed a fellow leading professor had she been given vital information about his condition.
Professor Amit Patel, a leading medic at the world-renowned Christie cancer hospital, became gravely ill and his condition was deteriorating rapidly when he was admitted to Wythenshawe Hospital in August 2021.
Medics had scrambled to try and understand the 43-year-old's illness and treat it. However, after a surgical test was recommended to try and diagnose his illness, the botched procedure ended up leaving Professor Patel with less than a 10 per cent chance of survival, and he later died. READ MORE: 'We've lost control' said clinicians after operation on one of UK's top doctor's was botched The inquest into the father-of-two's premature death began at Manchester Coroner’s Court on April 4 and was adjourned part-heard until Wednesday (May 1), under coroner Zak Golombek.
The hearing yesterday heard that ahead of the ultimately fatal procedure, test results showed that Professor Patel was also suffering from disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC).
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