Coventry Hospital 'removed healthy part of brain'

A Warwickshire hospital trust has admitted liability after a man suffered permanent brain damage after he was subjected to unnecessary brain surgery.



John Tunney, 63, from Sutton Coldfield should have been given tablets to control a pituitary gland problem.

But instead he was subjected to an unnecessary biopsy by a surgeon who then wrongly removed part of his brain rather than the tumour.

The former paramedic is now partially sighted and needs full-time care.

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust said the surgeon involved was no longer involved in such surgery.

Richard Kennedy, chief medical officer for the trust, said: "I very much regret the tragic outcome for Mr Tunney and his family and on behalf of the trust would like to apologise for this."

He added they had reviewed their "governance process" and he was confident measures had been put in place "to prevent this type of incident reoccurring".