Man sues for clinical negligence after being left in pain by gastric bypass
06 Sep 2010
A man who underwent a gastric bypass operation to help him lose
weight is now suing an NHS trust after claiming it has left him in
agony.
Tim Daily, 47, had the procedure at Charing Cross Hospital in
October 2008 after his weight reached 24 stone.
He claimed medics at the hospital declined to tell him about the
potential dangers and instead only instructed him about the
benefits of the operation.
Although Mr Daily at first saw positive outcomes - such as his
diabetes being cured - he then began to suffer serious
problems.
"By January the following year I was meant to start eating solid
food. But I couldn't because of the pain," he explained.
"I was collapsing a lot and was rushed to hospital where I was
found to be malnourished. I would never have had it done if I had
known it was going to be as bad as this."
Mr Daily - who now weighs 12 stone - has to be fed through a tube
in his stomach and need morphine for the pain. He is unable to work
and is cared for by his wife.
He is taking legal action against Imperial College Healthcare NHS
Trust for negligence, claiming the hospital should have done more
to warn him about the implications of the surgery.
A spokesperson for the trust insisted Mr Daily had been advised
about the possible risks before he underwent his gastric
bypass.
According to a study published in the British Medical Journal,
bariatric or weight loss surgery has increased ten-fold since 2000,
PhysOrg.com reports.
