A BRAVE Barrow dad has waived his anonymity after hospital bosses admitted a series of failings led to him losing a testicle in a new damning report.

Bill Murray underwent a routine procedure at Furness General Hospital in April 2019 when fluid collected around one of his testicles.

The procedure, known as a hydrocele repair, typically takes around 30 minutes and rarely results in complications.

However, Mr Murray, of Cardiff Street on Walney, woke up in extreme agony and it was only two days later that he was rushed back into theatre where a surgeon discovered his testicle had gone black and gangrenous.

His first operation was carried out by under-fire consultant urologist Ashutosh Jain who has been responsible for countless errors leading to patient harm and in two cases contributed to patient deaths. Mr Jain remains employed by the trust. 

Two other consultant urologists - Kavinder Madhra and Muhammad Naseem have also been responsible for errors over the last 18 years.

Mr Madhra resigned in October 2018 while Mr Naseem remains at the trust where he is clinical lead of the urology department.

NHS England/ Improvement has now commissioned an independent external review into the trust’s urology services following an investigation by The Mail relating to clinical errors by the three consultants. 

It was only when Mr Murray complained, two months later in June 2019, that the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust launched an investigation and has this week handed to Mr Murray a damning Root Cause Analysis.

The report reveals:

  • The serious incident was reported by the second surgeon who discovered Mr Murray's testicle was gangrenous;
  • There was a missed opportunity to do a bladder scan when Mr Murray complained of pain and an inability to urinate;
  • Mr Murray was not advised of the risks of the operation;
  • Policy wasn't followed in escalating Mr Murray to the medical team when he began experiencing pain and other complications;
  • Finally medical records from doctors’ assessments and ward rounds has since ‘gone missing’.

To Mr Murray’s further ‘disgust’ he has discovered the investigation was led by Mr Naseem - one of the other urologists within the department who has been highly-criticised following a series of errors.

“I can’t believe they would allow one of the three 'bad' urologists to be involved in the investigation into what happened to me,” the 62-year-old said.

“I’m absolutely disgusted. I hold the surgeon Mr Jain fully responsible for all this.”

UHMBT medical director Dr Shahedal Bari said: “We are very sorry for the distress the patient suffered, and for the length of time it has taken to complete this investigation.

“We have shared our findings with the patient and will remain in touch with him. We would be happy to meet the patient to discuss any concerns.

“An investigation like this involves committees chaired by UHMBT executives and our governance team who are not related to the clinical care.

"This process is governed by trust policies aligned with national guidelines.

"To ensure impartial discussion senior clinicians (Doctors, Nurses) and managers outside the departments are involved in checking (as a standard practice for any RCA).

“The process is not completed yet as an external review will be considered and team lessons will be discussed, in particular around improving record keeping and not missing opportunities to scan patients in this situation.”