A Westminster cosmetic surgeon who performed a “failed” vaginal surgery which left a patient bleeding and in pain will be struck off.
Dr Azad Haki, director of the now-closed Lara Clinic on Edgware Road, performed the surgery on a patient in January 2021 despite not being “qualified to undertake gynaecological procedures”, a fitness to practise panel found.
The patient, who “was a stranger in a new country with no family support and had a young child”, then had to go to a hospital to deal with problems arising from the procedure.
The panel heard that Dr Haki, who specialised in breast enhancements, also performed a number of the surgeries on six patients without using the correct anaesthetic.
It found that although he was qualified for this, he “used the wrong type of anaesthesia for the type of procedures he undertook.”
In the case of two patients who underwent liposuctions, “both patients became distressed part way through the procedure because they were unable to tolerate the pain”, it found.
“This resulted in the anaesthesia having to be switched to general anaesthesia,” the panel ruled. “The Tribunal considered that Mr Haki’s actions put the patients at risk of harm.”
Representatives for the former NHS consultant told the panel he denied any wrongdoing in respect of his treatment of the first patient.
They said: “The Dr is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons and was well able to complete and perform what was a simple operation taking around 30 minutes.
“Dr Haki had performed similar such operations five or six times in the past.”
He also denied using an inappropriate form of anaesthesia on six patients, the majority of whom had breast enlargement procedures.
However, the tribunal found that he had committed misconduct and struck him off the register.
Panel chair Julia Oakford said: “The Tribunal had not been provided with any evidence to suggest that he would be willing to address the clinical concerns identified and to take steps to remediate his misconduct.
“In view of the evidence before it, the Tribunal concluded that Mr Haki’s conduct was fundamentally incompatible with his continued registration as a medical professional.”
An immediate order of suspension was also made to cover a 28-day appeals period.
