60 Y MALE HAD KNEE OP BY AN ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEON AT PRIVATE BMI GROUP CLEMENTINE CHURCHILL HOSP SOUIH OF HARROW SCHOOL WHERE WSC WAS A PUPIL,. AFTER 6 DAYS DEVELOPED ABDOMINAL PAIN;COLO-RECTAL SURGEON DR SELLO WAS ASKED FOR CONSULT. PATIENT WAS ON ANTICOAGULANTS. DR SELLO DIAG, PERFORATED BOWEL. OPERATION TWO DAYS LATER ( NO ANAESTHETIST AVAILABLE) LED TO DEATH. BMI ADMIN DID NOT DISCLOSE PROBLEMS OF EMERGENCIES FOLLOWING ROUTINE OPS. PT WAS NOT TRANSFERRED TO NEARBY NHS NORTHWICK PARK HOSP ( EAST OF HARROW SCHOOL;)/ DR SELLO SENT TO HIGH SECURITY PRISON. UK SURGEONS ALARMED AT TREND TO CRIMINALIZE HOSPITAL DEATHS. SAFER NOT TO ACCEPT REFERRALS OF POST-OP COMPLICATIONS. TOP DOCS SUPPORTED DR SELLO BUT JURY CONVICTED. DR SELLO HAS BEEN IN PRISON FOR 1 1/4 Y.
