Addenbrooke's Surgeon Harmed 209 Patients, One Died — SkimNews
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- Orthopaedic surgeon Kuldeep Stohr was responsible for harm to 209 patients at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, with 41 cases classified as severe and one patient dying, according to a report prepared for the trust's board.
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has reviewed the care of more than 900 patients as part of an ongoing investigation, with many of the cases involving children operated on by Stohr.
- Lynn, whose 13-year-old daughter Tammy received a written admission that screws on her hip joints were inserted in the wrong place, said she had "lost trust" in the hospital and called the patient count "ridiculous."
- The trust removed the report from its public website after the BBC contacted it for comment, calling its publication a "mistake" — a move that deepened skepticism among affected families.
- Elizabeth Maliakal of Hudgell Solicitors, representing several families, said some children "endured major surgery they didn't need" and expects the final report, due in November, to be "damning."
- Parent Natasha is calling for a public inquiry into how children under Stohr's care — including her 19-year-old daughter Neave — came to be harmed.
- Stohr has been suspended since March 2024, initially for personal reasons, and her legal representatives declined to comment on the new figures; chief executive Nicola Ayton said the trust was "deeply sorry."
Why it matters: With 209 patients harmed — including 41 severe cases and one death — and a trust report accidentally published then pulled, confidence in Addenbrooke's has visibly collapsed among families of affected children, some of whom underwent unnecessary surgery. The November final report now carries the weight of a pending "damning" verdict from solicitors and at least one parent's public-inquiry demand.
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