Tuesday, November 15, 2011

A black gynecologist who said that he could use laser surgery to enhance women's sex lives botched surgery on five patients and left one of them fighting for her life

Dr Phanuel Dartey showed a lack of care in operating on the women which led to them having unforeseen and distressing consequences. The Ghanaian surgeon, who qualified medically in the former Soviet Union, is said to be guilty of misconduct in relation to his treatment of four patients at his private Harley Street clinic and another at the Marie Stopes International Clinic in Ealing, London, where he worked part-time. Dr Dartey made headlines in several newspaper and magazine articles with reports of his G-Shot jabs which are said to be able to enlarge the G-spot. It has also been reported that he abdicated his position of king of a tribal kingdom in Ghana to pursue his medical career. A General Medical Council panel, sitting in Manchester, said that the case against him partly focused on his use of laser treatment in cosmetic female genital surgery. He would use a technique called laser vaginal rejuvenation (LVR) to heighten sexual gratification and another labeled designer laser vaginoplasty to improve the aesthetics of the vagina, the hearing was told. Patient A was said to have suffered visible scarring and asymmetry of her private parts following surgery. She required revision surgery as part of her vagina had been effectively amputated. Patients B and C were inappropriately given laser surgery for urinary incontinence, which experts for the GMC will say would have been of limited value to them. Patient E was in significant pain after Dr Dartey conducted a labioplasty on her. She had several post-operation consultations with him and was eventually given two options. Dr Dartey suggested doing nothing and reviewing it in six months or to inject absolute alcohol to kill the nerve endings. The latter method was entirely inappropriate the GMC would say. Dr Dartey treated Patient D - a woman who traveled from Ireland to the Marie Stopes Clinic - for a pregnancy termination at 18 weeks gestation. He left parts of the fetus inside her which led to her suffering a perforated uterus. When she returned home she became extremely ill. She was on the critical list and was in hospital for two months. Dr Dartey is said to have not held valid medical indemnity insurance when he carried out the termination. The African doctor, from Enfield, North Lodnon, is not present at the fitness to practise hearing, scheduled to last two weeks.

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