Louise Field, 27, suffered severe brain damage when doctors accidentally punctured her lung and pumped gas into her stomach, the General Medical Council heard. She died two days later.
Mr Ormiston accidentally punctured her lung during the procedure, causing her oxygen levels to dip fatally. Dr Yanny allegedly failed to tackle the situation properly as the GMC hearing was told he “knew, or ought to have known” that brain damage was inevitable as he pumped Louise full of drugs to try to reverse the condition.
When the young Midland woman was rushed to another hospital, it was claimed Dr Yanny gave no indication she might have neurological problems – likely to have been caused due to a lack of oxygen.
He was also accused of failing to inform the specialist registrar at Hemel Hempstead General Hospital about drugs given, or even provide a simple anaesthetic chart.
Mr Ormiston admitted making inaccurate records after the operation and was slammed by the GMC panel for “significant departures from good medical practice”.
But he was still cleared of serious misconduct and it was decided that his fitness to practise was not impaired.
Dr Yanny managed to keep his job after offering a series of “undertakings”.
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