UHL surgeon admits professional misconduct over surgery which resulted in death of Limerick teenager

Jessica Sheedy: Beauty therapied died after suffering multiple-organ failure from complications which arose during surgery to remove a tumour from her abdomen

 A surgeon at University Hospital Limerick has admitted to professional misconduct over delays in seeking help for a teenage girl who died after sustaining massive blood loss during an operation which he performed without having adequate experience or surgical support.

Dr Ashish Lal, a general surgeon, appeared before a fitness-to-practise inquiry of the Medical Council in relation to his care of Jessica Sheedy including a complex operation he performed on her at UHL on May 8, 2018.