An exterior view shows the main entrance to Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, Tuesday, July 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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A review has found a former orthopaedic surgeon, who worked at the UK’s largest children’s hospital, has caused harm to almost one hundred patients.
Yaser Jabbar treated children at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London for five years.
A report commissioned by the North London hospital was carried out by a group of independent paediatric-orthopaedic consultants from various areas in the UK.
It highlighted 98 patients had experienced some level of harm at Great Ormond Street (GOSH), of these cases 94 involved Mr Jabbar and he operated on 91.
People are seen at the entrance of the specialist children’s hospital Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, in this photo made Wednesday, April 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori)
He joined the renowned children’s hospital in 2017, specialising in limb lengthening and reconstruction services. However, due to concerns raised in October 2022, Mr Jabbar started an unpaid sabbatical from GOSH and formally resigned in June 2023. He lost his licence to practise medicine in the UK in January 2024.
Great Ormond Street undertook a clinical case involving 789 of Jabbar’s cases in 2023 after concerns were raised about his surgical performance with several patients suffering pain and some needing further surgery.
Mr Jabbar previously worked on lower limb reconstruction where 36 patients reportedly suffered severe harm, a further 39 endured moderate harm and 19 patients came to mild harm.
A 12-year-old patient’s family stated their son still suffers nightmares and will be affected by the surgery for the rest of his life.
James Wood, 19 from Great Yarmouth had a rare congenital condition that affects neuromuscular and skeletal functions.
At 12 years old, he underwent an operation to stretch the tissues in his knee as well as an Achilles tendon lengthening procedure.
After surgery he suffered extreme pain, with medics discovering under Mr Jabbar’s care, pins were incorrectly placed and had caused significant damage to his artery.
Mr Wood said ‘I missed a lot of my formative high school experiences, and it left me quite lonely in my childhood because I spent my early teenage years in recovery.’
Within the report serious problems were highlighted including unclear or incomplete notes; not making the area stable enough, and incorrectly placing implants.
The report identified Mr Jabbar’s inadequate decision-making and deficiencies over assessment, methodology and documentation.
Chief Executive of Great Ormond Street, Matthew Shaw said in a statement today:
“We have made significant changes to the orthopaedic service itself and across to minimise the chance of something like this happening again.
“Many of these changes are designed to help spot potential issues before they become a risk to patient care.”
The review also found 642 of the 789 patients treated by the surgeon did not come under any harm.
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StandfirstYasar Jabbar caused harm to over 94 patients at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
A review has found a former orthopaedic surgeon, who worked at the UK’s largest children’s hospital, has caused harm to almost one hundred patients.
Yaser Jabbar treated children at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London for five years.
A report commissioned by the North London hospital was carried out by a group of independent paediatric-orthopaedic consultants from various areas in the UK.
It highlighted 98 patients had experienced some level of harm at Great Ormond Street (GOSH), of these cases 94 involved Mr Jabbar and he operated on 91.
People are seen at the entrance of the specialist children’s hospital Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, in this photo made Wednesday, April 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori)
He joined the renowned children’s hospital in 2017, specialising in limb lengthening and reconstruction services. However, due to concerns raised in October 2022, Mr Jabbar started an unpaid sabbatical from GOSH and formally resigned in June 2023. He lost his licence to practise medicine in the UK in January 2024.
Great Ormond Street undertook a clinical case involving 789 of Jabbar’s cases in 2023 after concerns were raised about his surgical performance with several patients suffering pain and some needing further surgery.
Mr Jabbar previously worked on lower limb reconstruction where 36 patients reportedly suffered severe harm, a further 39 endured moderate harm and 19 patients came to mild harm.
A 12-year-old patient’s family stated their son still suffers nightmares and will be affected by the surgery for the rest of his life.
James Wood, 19 from Great Yarmouth had a rare congenital condition that affects neuromuscular and skeletal functions.
At 12 years old, he underwent an operation to stretch the tissues in his knee as well as an Achilles tendon lengthening procedure.
After surgery he suffered extreme pain, with medics discovering under Mr Jabbar’s care, pins were incorrectly placed and had caused significant damage to his artery.
Mr Wood said ‘I missed a lot of my formative high school experiences, and it left me quite lonely in my childhood because I spent my early teenage years in recovery.’
Within the report serious problems were highlighted including unclear or incomplete notes; not making the area stable enough, and incorrectly placing implants.
The report identified Mr Jabbar’s inadequate decision-making and deficiencies over assessment, methodology and documentation.
Chief Executive of Great Ormond Street, Matthew Shaw said in a statement today:
“We have made significant changes to the orthopaedic service itself and across to minimise the chance of something like this happening again.
“Many of these changes are designed to help spot potential issues before they become a risk to patient care.”
The review also found 642 of the 789 patients treated by the surgeon did not come under any harm.
