British medical authorities have suspended an organ transplant surgeon after he admitted to engraving his initials on the livers of his patients. According to the British newspaper "The Guardian," 53-year-old organ transplant surgeon Simon Bramhall confessed to signing his initials on the livers and other organs of his patients during surgeries, particularly liver transplant operations.
The court concluded that a suspension would be "insufficient to protect the broader public interest" and stated that removal from the medical register would be a "suitable and proportionate penalty." The court noted that Dr. Bramhall abused his position of trust by inscribing his initials on the transplanted livers, while one victim suffered severe psychological harm due to the incident, and another patient refused to engage with the police.
The ruling emphasized, "The physical assault on two vulnerable patients who were unconscious in a clinical setting, one of whom suffered significant and lasting emotional harm, seriously undermines the trust of patients and the public in the medical profession and inevitably brings the profession into disrepute."
The tribunal rejected a request made on behalf of Mr. Bramhall aimed at reducing his penalty, describing his actions as stemming from a level of professional arrogance. In his police confession, the defendant claimed he acted to relieve tensions in the operating room after performing difficult and lengthy transplant surgeries in 2013, while the court dismissed this claim, stating it resulted from professional arrogance.
