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A consultant surgeon who allegedly removed a man's testicle by mistake before telling him it is still there only smaller could be struck off.
Baghdad-born Dr Marwan Farouk, who was educated in a grammar school in Durham, was purportedly operating on a cyst when he accidentally removed the patient's right testicle.
The surgeon will now face a hearing before a panel of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal next month and could be struck off, suspended, given a warning or required to undergo further training.
The private procedure was carried out at The Chiltern Hospital in Great Missendon, Buckinghamshire, in April 2014, according to The Express.
According to details of the charges Dr Farouk faces 'it is alleged that he removed the patient's entire right testicle and did not attempt to remove the right epididymal cyst separately.'
He then 'intended to cover up the fact that he had removed Patient A's testicle.'
The allegations also state that Dr Farouk failed to tell the man he had removed his right testicle during the post-operation consultation.
The patient was purportedly led to believe that it would still be functional and was only smaller.
Dr Farouk is also alleged to have written to the man's GP to say there had been some tissue damage, without advising them that the patient's testicle had been removed.
The details state that in undertaking the surgery, 'Dr Farouk operated outside his area of expertise and that his actions were misleading and dishonest.'
Dr Marwan Farouk 'removed private patient's TESTICLE by mistake then covered it up' | Daily Mail Online
Baghdad-born Dr Marwan Farouk, who was educated in a grammar school in Durham, was purportedly operating on a cyst when he accidentally removed the patient's right testicle.
The surgeon will now face a hearing before a panel of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal next month and could be struck off, suspended, given a warning or required to undergo further training.
The private procedure was carried out at The Chiltern Hospital in Great Missendon, Buckinghamshire, in April 2014, according to The Express.
According to details of the charges Dr Farouk faces 'it is alleged that he removed the patient's entire right testicle and did not attempt to remove the right epididymal cyst separately.'
He then 'intended to cover up the fact that he had removed Patient A's testicle.'
The allegations also state that Dr Farouk failed to tell the man he had removed his right testicle during the post-operation consultation.
The patient was purportedly led to believe that it would still be functional and was only smaller.
Dr Farouk is also alleged to have written to the man's GP to say there had been some tissue damage, without advising them that the patient's testicle had been removed.
The details state that in undertaking the surgery, 'Dr Farouk operated outside his area of expertise and that his actions were misleading and dishonest.'
Dr Marwan Farouk 'removed private patient's TESTICLE by mistake then covered it up' | Daily Mail Online
