Kidney patients’ health was put at risk, doctor tells BBC

A group of doctors offered a controversial medical technique which allegedly put kidney patients' health at risk.

At least 20 patients at Queen Alexandra Hospital (QA) in Portsmouth have been using the procedure, which is not recommended in UK guidelines.

A consultant was wrongly sacked from the hospital in 2018 after objecting to the practice.

The hospital trust said the safety and care of its patients was its priority.

Jasna Macanovic, who worked at the QA for 17 years, had raised concerns about the way the trust was allowing some staff to deliver the dialysis technique - known as buttonholing.

"I don't think they're fit to practise medicine," Dr Macanovic told the BBC.

When Dr Macanovic examined the records of 15 patients using the buttonholing technique at the QA, she found infection rates four times higher than they experienced using the standard technique.

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Source: BBC News, 15 March 2024