The year that was: Surgeon who branded patients’ livers banned for life

UK transplant surgeon, Dr Simon Bramhall, ‘had undermined' public trust in the medical profession, concluded a medical tribunal
Dr Simon Bramhall. Photo: AAP

We are looking back at the year that was. Here is our story from February about a UK surgeon’s misguided attempt to relieve tension in the operating theatre.

A UK transplant surgeon who burned his initials onto the  livers of two patients to “relieve tension” during surgery has been banned for life.