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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Danyel Vanreenen

Disgraced surgeon Eljamel performed several wrong site surgeries, inquiry told

A public inquiry into former neurosurgeon Sam Eljamel, who treated patients at Dundee’s Ninewells Hospital, has been formally launched (Jane Barlow/PA) -

Disgraced brain surgeon Sam Eljamel carried out a number of operations on the wrong parts of patients’ bodies while at NHS Tayside, an inquiry has heard.

Experts also said the neurosurgeon may not have been “open” with colleagues and patients about the outcome of these “wrong site surgeries”.

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