Woman Left Disabled When Surgeon 'Experimented' On Her Says She Was His 'Guinea Pig'

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One of Scotland's "top" surgeons reportedly started "experimenting" on a lady, forcing her to put off her dream of becoming a police officer.

Leann Sutherland, 33, used to get frequent migraines that interfered with her daily life.

Sutherland claims that at age 21, Professor Sam Eljamel offered to perform a corrective operation on her.

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According to reports, he assured her that the procedure had a 60% chance of healing her health and that she could go home in a few days.

A little part of Sutherland's skull was removed in the operating room by Eljamel, the former chief of neurosurgery at NHS Tayside, to release pressure.

The wound was then reportedly attempted to be closed with "new glue" ineffectively.

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The 33-year-old quickly came to the conclusion that the procedure was an "experiment" and that the now-disgraced doctor had treated her like a "guinea pig."

According to what she told the BBC, after being cut open, the wound "burst open" and "brain fluid" began to drip down her neck.

According to reports, she reportedly collapsed while using the restroom.

Sutherland ended up spending months in the hospital rather than the few days she was promised.

Sutherland developed meningitis, had four spinal taps, and reportedly underwent six further procedures.

The patient was told that Eljamel had saved her life despite the fact that other NHS employees had supposedly raised concerns about the doctor.

She mentioned during an emotional interview: “Experimenting on me - that's what he was doing.”

"There can't be any other reason to try a glue, try different shunts, that's experimenting. I was his guinea pig.”

In other parts of the interview, the 33-year-old accused the NHS of giving him "the scalpel seven times" and said that he was "playing God" with her body.

Concerns about the surgeon, according to NHS Tayside, were finally brought up in June 2013, following Sutherland's operation.

Eljamel was expelled in 2013 and is said to have found employment in Libya. His patients' cases are being examined independently by the Scottish government.

Sutherland must use a "shunt," a tube that regulates her spinal fluid, and she now endures chronic discomfort.

She remarked that everything has changed in her life since the procedure.

She said: “My dream was to be a police officer and that will never happen.”

"I struggle with that, not being able to have the career you want, not being able to have the lifestyle you want, not being able to have children.”

"A lot of things have been taken away through no fault of my own."

NHS Tayside's representative told the BBC: “NHS Tayside would work with the Scottish government regarding the next steps to support individual patients through a process independent of both the health board and government.”

The representative stated that "patient confidentiality" prohibits them from commenting on any "individual patients and their treatments" and that the board "remains committed to doing whatever is required" to support the investigation.