A surgeon removed 90% of a baby girl's bladder during a botched
operation, a disciplinary hearing has heard.
The girl was seven-weeks-old when Pierina Kapur, 43, cut out the
majority of her bladder after mistaking it for a hernia during an
operation at Royal Manchester Children's Hospital.
After 35 hours without passing urine, the baby - known as Baby A
- was rushed to intensive care with a temperature and a rash. She
had been admitted to the hospital for repairs to hernias on both
sides of her stomach.
A Fitness to Practise panel heard that Baby A had undergone
several operations since and would have to wear a catheter for the
rest of her life.
It is alleged by the General Medical Council that Miss Kapur's
actions caused "irreparable damage" to the lower urinary tract.
Miss Kapur admits her role in the operation was "inadequate" and
below the standard to be expected of a reasonably competent
consultant paediatric surgeon, but she denies misconduct.
The hearing in Manchester continues.