The Obstetrician - ‘I knew what I did was the right thing for the patient’

AT THE time of the case that landed him in court, Prof Richard Greene was a senior registrar.

“There was a very genuine complication in the case in question, it involved an unusual bladder injury associated with a hysterectomy. The patient ended up with problems. The issue in litigation was whether there was something wrong done or not,” says Prof Greene.

In the end, the case was settled without blame, but initially, he was angry and upset.