Patient of Dr. Gbinigie Approach Alexander Harris
09/04/2003
Thank you for all your time and excellent work and rest assured that if myself or family or friends require any legal help in the future I will refer them to yourselves.
Michael, Crawley
On the 20th of March 2003 the GMC found Dr Andrew Gbinigie guilty of serious professional misconduct. During an abortion Dr Gbinigie ruptured his patient, Miss A's womb, pulling out her right fallopian tube, ovary, and her urethra. Miss A aged 21, was 20 weeks pregnant when she had the operation at a Private Clinic in Birmingham. Miss A was transferred to Birmingham Women's Hospital where three consultants removed the largely intact foetus and spent five hours trying to save her life. However one of her kidneys had to be removed. The GMC ruled that the abortion Dr Gbinigie had performed was beyond his clinical competence and technical expertise. Since the GMC hearing, other patients of Dr Gbinigie have expressed concerns regarding their own treatment. A group of women have formed a support group for patients of obstetrician and gynaecologist Dr Gbinigie. On Tuesday the 8th of April 2003, the support group invited Alexander Harris to address a meeting of more than 20 people who had been affected by Dr Gbinigie.
A spokesperson for Alexander Harris said: "following the meeting we are now satisfied that there are a number of women who have a range of serious issues which need to be raised with the GMC regarding Dr Gbinigie. On the basis of the issues which concerned Miss A, we are confident that these were not isolated issues and that it is our intention to place this information before the GMC for further investigation."
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