Ratty v Haringey HA

(1994) 5 Med LR 413

COURT OF APPEAL

Lord Justice BALCOMBE, Lord Justice KENNEDY, and Lord Justice EVANS

Professional liability — Colo-rectal surgery — Duty of care — Diagnosis of cancer of bowel at recto-sigmoid junction — Admittance to hospital for anastomosis — Decision at operation to perform abdomino-perineal resection — Whether decision to undertake major surgery without histological proof of cancer negligent — Whether failure to correct hole in bladder and severed ureters was negligent