British surgeon loses license after wrong organ connection

A British surgeon nearly killed a patient by incorrectly connecting their organs.

Consensus

The incident occurred in 2020 during an emergency operation on a man's intestine in a Manchester hospital.
The surgeon, Yasser Abdel Rahman, connected the wrong part of the small intestine to the stomach.
The error created a closed loop that prevented normal digestive flow.
The patient experienced severe pain and required a second operation to correct the mistake.
The patient nearly died due to the error.
A disciplinary commission concluded the surgeon was not fit to practice medicine.
The surgeon was removed from the medical register.
The surgeon did not apologize for the error.
The surgeon described the investigation as a 'witch hunt'.
The surgeon obtained his medical qualification in Egypt in 1993.

The operation was conducted in a Manchester hospital, and the patient began experiencing unbearable pain after discharge. — vm
The hospital was in Oldham, Greater Manchester. — vesti
The patient had no bowel movements for three weeks. — vesti
The error caused intestinal contents to flow back into the stomach in a loop. — vesti
The surgeon called the investigation a 'witch hunt'. — m24
The surgeon told the patient's family the operation was successful. — vm
The surgeon claimed there was a 'witch hunt' against him. — vesti
A separate incident in August 2024 involved an American surgeon who mistakenly removed a patient's liver instead of the spleen, resulting in the patient's death. — vm
A separate incident in Spain involved a woman who had her eyelid amputated due to a misdiagnosis of a stye as cancer, leading to a 70,000 euro compensation. — m24