A doctor from a Dubai hospital who is facing a review in the UK over serious allegations of botched surgeries on children, has been suspended from his workplace in the UAE. Paediatric orthopaedic surgeon Dr Yaser Jabbar has been suspended immediately from the Clemenceau Medical Centre, where he was working.
In a statement, Dr Alya Al Mazrouei, CEO of the hospital, said, “CMC Hospital Dubai has been made aware of recent reports concerning allegations of misconduct and malpractice involving a physician employed at our hospital. We took immediate action to suspend the physician. We are awaiting the relevant authorities’ decisions on the matter.”
According to British media reports, Dr Yaser has been accused of doing surgeries which resulted in several children having limbs of varying lengths and even causing one child to have an amputation – an outcome that could have been avoided if a different course of action had been taken.
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The Briton was also listed as practising at a medical facility called Orthocure and Medcare Orthopaedics and Spine Hospital in Al Safa.
According to a statement by Medcare Orthopedic and Spine Hospital, he was “never employed” by the group.
“Dr Yaser Jabbar has never consulted any patient or performed a surgery at Medcare till date. He was an external consultant at Orthocure, and Orthocure partnered with us for usage of surgical facilities,” it read.
Khaleej Times is still awaiting a comment from Orthocure.
Dr Yaser joined Orthocure just seven months ago and a now-deleted Instagram post of the facility listed him as someone with “over 20 years of extensive clinical experience”.
He was scheduled to talk at the 10th Annual MENA International Orthopaedic Congress which is scheduled to take place in Dubai on Thursday, but his name has been dropped from the speakers’ list.
Allegations
The Great Ormond Street Hospital, where Dr Yaser practised from 2017 until late 2023, is overseeing an urgent review of more than 700 cases of his patients. The hospital said that 22 children in 39 cases looked at so far had contracted some degree of harm.
According to a statement issued by the hospital to British media, definitive allegations were first raised against the doctor in June 2022. He was placed on a paid sabbatical leave for 11 months and he resigned in September 2023.
It is unclear when he arrived in the UAE and if he has performed any surgeries here.