Hospital bosses have apologised to the heartbroken family of a mum-of-three killed by a negligent doctor. Shahida Parveen died after attending the Royal Oldham hospital for a 'routine' bone marrow biopsy.
Three years earlier, Dr Isyaka Mamman had left a 64-year-old man permanently disabled after carrying out the same procedure.
Mrs Parveen, 48, died after Dr Mamman pressed on with a 'highly dangerous procedure' without her consent. She had been referred to the doctor, aged 81 the time, for a biopsy to confirm a potential medical diagnosis. READ MORE : Her husband frantically 'begged' him to stop and his wife 'screamed' in pain during the procedure.
After failing to gain a sample via the 'conventional' approach from the hip bone, Dr Mamman, now 85, instead tried via the sternum.
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