- Consultant surgeon Dr Aleksandras Uzkalnis has been suspended for 12 months after a misconduct tribunal found he drank alcohol while on duty at University Hospital Lewisham.
- Dr Uzkalnis admitted to putting brandy in his coffee in his office after leaving a junior doctor to complete a surgery.
- The tribunal proved allegations that Dr Uzkalnis injured a patient's small bowel during a hernia operation before telling a junior colleague "this is your operation" and leaving.
- He was also found to have inadequately abandoned a gallbladder removal surgery being carried out by a junior colleague without scrubbing in to assist.
- Following the failed procedure, Dr Uzkalnis failed to discuss the medical complications with the injured patient or their family, nor did he offer an apology.
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