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posted by mrpg on Thursday December 14 2017, @12:50AM   Printer-friendly
from the ! dept.

A surgeon has admitted to branding the livers of two patients using a beam of ionized argon gas:

Bramhall previously worked at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth hospital, where he gained fame for a dramatic liver transplant in 2010. Bramhall transplanted a liver following the fiery crash-landing of the plane that was transporting the donor liver to Birmingham. Though the pilots were injured, the liver was intact and salvaged from the burning wreckage. The transplant spared the life of Dr. Bramhall's desperately ill patient.

But in 2013, colleagues discovered that he had been initialing his patients' organs. Doctors first spotted the letters "SB" on the liver of one of Bramhall's transplant patients during a follow-up surgery. They later learned of initials on another patient. Bramhall was suspended in 2013 and resigned in 2014 amid an internal investigation into the etchings. Earlier this year, the General Medical Council issued Bramhall a formal warning, saying at the time that Bramhall's case "risks bringing the profession into disrepute, and it must not be repeated."

Bramhall etched his initials using an argon beam—a jet of ionized argon gas—which surgeons use to control bleeding during procedures. Doctors who are part of the investigation don't think the marks are harmful and expect them to clear up on their own.

Relevant PBF.

Also at BBC and The Guardian.


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  • (Score: 0, Redundant) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Thursday December 14 2017, @01:08AM (8 children)

    by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Thursday December 14 2017, @01:08AM (#609521) Homepage Journal

    I was first to moderate your post as -1, Troll.

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  • (Score: 0, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 14 2017, @02:55AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 14 2017, @02:55AM (#609562)

    What a waste of moderation and a comment, Crawford.
    All that just to feel proud of yourself. Jesus, if you don't care for the comment, just let it be.

    • (Score: 1, Redundant) by Ethanol-fueled on Thursday December 14 2017, @03:40AM

      by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Thursday December 14 2017, @03:40AM (#609574) Homepage

      I don't think so. The beauty of this place is that we can mod each other down and not get banned for it.

    • (Score: 2) by etherscythe on Thursday December 14 2017, @10:29PM

      by etherscythe (937) on Thursday December 14 2017, @10:29PM (#609922) Journal

      Whoosh!

      Think about it.

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  • (Score: -1) by fakefuck39 on Thursday December 14 2017, @02:03PM (4 children)

    by fakefuck39 (6620) on Thursday December 14 2017, @02:03PM (#609681)

    and moderation does what exactly? I have this theory. put a spinning wheel in a hamster cage and the dumb rat will run in it. give a dumb annoying baby a noise maker and it'll stop crying. give some millennial social rejects a button to click that makes their opinion show up on a website and their ugly zit face will talk to you less. is that last one it? or you got something else in mind? most users have scores and moderation disabled - it takes up useless space. so you're making the text "troll" show up next to someone's label. good job - time to run in your wheel. oh, you think it hides someone's comment? do you actually think there is a single person here who wants their content filtered by random internet losers like you and does not read at -1? now go on, tell me about my grammer.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 14 2017, @04:50PM (3 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 14 2017, @04:50PM (#609754)

      most users have scores and moderation disabled - it takes up useless space.

      Oh really? Tell me more, random pissed-off guy on the Internet with a rude username.

      do you actually think there is a single person here who wants their content filtered by random internet losers like you and does not read at -1?

      Yes? Probably most of them.

      now go on, tell me about my grammar.

      If you insist.

      • (Score: -1) by fakefuck39 on Friday December 15 2017, @03:51AM (2 children)

        by fakefuck39 (6620) on Friday December 15 2017, @03:51AM (#610088)

        your the people that moderation button was created for. you're also the people I put in random grammer errors for. keep pushing that button, keep correcting 3rd grade spelling errors, keep running in that hampster wheel. you are my personal clown. thanks for the entertainment - you'll never climb above the level your at, and just like the janitor, you are needed in our society. just not at the top or anywhere that matters.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 15 2017, @03:30PM (1 child)

          by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 15 2017, @03:30PM (#610313)

          I like the part where you're already posting at -1 so there's no point in even modding you down. It's like self-censorship!

          • (Score: -1) by fakefuck39 on Monday December 18 2017, @05:15PM

            by fakefuck39 (6620) on Monday December 18 2017, @05:15PM (#611471)

            I love how a guy replying to a -1 post keeps claiming people don't read at -1. I bet you somehow convinced yourself you're good looking and social and popular too. Let's add successful to that list.