A senior NHS Tayside oncologist refused to be operated on by disgraced surgeon Sam Eljamel and travelled to London instead when she worked for the health board.
‘Thank goodness I didn’t let him near me, now these stories have come out – I was fortunate I had the knowledge to not trust him,’ the senior oncologist said.
Dr Phyllis Windsor opted to go down south for a major procedure due to concerns over Mr Eljamel after she was diagnosed with a pituitary tumour in 2006.
Dr Windsor said: “I didn’t trust the guy.
“There was no discussion. He was just telling me what I would have done. I thought – no way.
“I don’t think he knew what he was doing. I wasn’t going to let him anywhere near my head.
“Thank goodness I didn’t let him near me, now these stories have come out. I was fortunate I had the knowledge to not trust him.”
She said: “I think the problem is NHS Tayside possibly needs to be taken into special measures. I don’t think they’re capable of running a hospital.
I would not see anybody at NHS Tayside.
“I think the whole culture in Tayside is toxic. That’s certainly what I left.”
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