![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/surgeon-who-removed-patients-tear-gland-instead-of-brain-tumour-may-have-harmed-200/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/0_PAY-Cascade_Professor_Muftah_Salem_Eljamel.jpg&description=Campaigners who are calling for a public inquiry into the botched operations led by doctor Sam Eljamel have warned that he could have injured hundreds of patients A brain surgeon who removed a patient's tear gland instead of a brain tumour may have harmed over 200 patients, campaigners have warned. Professor Sam Eljamel, who worked at NHS Tayside between 1995 and 2013, left his patients with life-changing complications after his botched operations. His victims are calling for a public inquiry after they suffered from the disastrous effects of his rogue actions. He was suspended after the board put him under three months of 'indirect supervision" but deemed the supervision as "inadequate." Despite facing a legal claim in February 2013, the doctor continued to operate on 111 patients in the six months that followed. His former patient Maggie McMartin previously said her brain tumour surgery left her with a permanent drooping face. It was reported that Eljamel had cut through some nerves during the operation in 2005. "The operation was a disaster because the surgeon cut through some nerves, which meant the left side of my face drooped and my eyes wouldn't shut," she recalled. "It took me a long time to accept what had happened to me, but my family tell me my face is my badge of honour." Jules Rose, whose tear duct was removed by mistake, says she is unhappy with the findings from the new NHS Tayside report into the incidents, reports Daily Record. Speaking to BBC Radio Scotland on Friday, Ms Rose said: 'I currently have 133 patient names who have approached me who have been severely harmed. Of these 111 new patients, I only know five. So potentially, now, we're looking at 239 patients that have been severely harmed under NHS Tayside and Professor Eljamel. Literally, this number has increased overnight." Ms Rose said independent reviews into patient experiences with Prof Eljamel 'will not wash' with those impacted. She said: 'All the patients know what's happened to the){kind=link}
Campaigners who are calling for a public inquiry into the botched operations led by doctor Sam Eljamel have warned that he could have injured hundreds of patients
A brain surgeon who removed a patient’s tear gland instead of a brain tumour may have harmed over 200 patients, campaigners have warned.
Professor Sam Eljamel, who worked at NHS Tayside between 1995 and 2013, left his patients with life-changing complications after his botched operations. His victims are calling for a public inquiry after they suffered from the disastrous effects of his rogue actions.
He was suspended after the board put him under three months of “indirect supervision” but deemed the supervision as “inadequate.” Despite facing a legal claim in February 2013, the doctor continued to operate on 111 patients in the six months that followed.
His former patient Maggie McMartin previously said her brain tumour surgery left her with a permanent drooping face. It was reported that Eljamel had cut through some nerves during the operation in 2005. “The operation was a disaster because the surgeon cut through some nerves, which meant the left side of my face drooped and my eyes wouldn’t shut,” she recalled. “It took me a long time to accept what had happened to me, but my family tell me my face is my badge of honour.”