"I felt like a cow": New mum slams doctor suspended after his 'serious misconduct' while she gave birth
08.04.2024 - 11:53
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A NHS gynaecologist left a new mother 'feeling like a cow' during a bungled delivery of her baby that shocked his fellow doctors and midwives.
Dr Fakher Gendy has been suspended after he was found guilty of serious misconduct during two deliveries. A tribunal hearing heard how one new mother lost almost five pints of blood and another was left feeling like a ''cow giving birth to a calf'' during the deliveries of their babies.
The 74-year-old consultant was said to have 'frozen in panic' and behaved like a 'rabbit caught in the headlights' after one of the women suddenly began bleeding heavily whilst being prepared for a caesarean section.
Dr Gendy, who qualified 50 years ago, wrote notes in a book before he left the theatre to call a colleague for advice. When he eventually returned, he said ''I didn't expect this'' as colleagues intervened. The unnamed mum recovered after undergoing a blood transfusion.
In the other botched delivery, a newborn baby was left with bruises to their neck after Dr Gendy was too ''forceful'' with the patient in what a paediatrician described as the ''roughest delivery I have ever witnessed’'.
Following a Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service hearing, held in Manchester, Dr Gendy, from Lymm, Cheshire, was suspended from medical practice for nine months after he was found guilty of serious professional misconduct. The panel rejected his pleas for voluntary erasure.
The first new mum, known as Patient C, had rushed into labour in November 2019 but it was discovered she had 'shoulder dystocia' which meant one of the shoulders of her baby had become stuck aghanst her pubic bone.
Despite concerns from midwifery staff about the dangers of using medical instruments and the fact the baby's heart