A “gang” of consultant neurosurgeons suppressed warnings about patient safety years before police were called in to investigate 40 patient deaths, a whistleblower has claimed.
Mansoor Foroughi, a consultant neurosurgeon, was sacked after blowing the whistle 17 times between 2018 and 2021 at the Royal Sussex County Hospital.
He claims that his warnings, which included concerns over high death rates, were “ignored and/or deliberately concealed” by a group of senior consultants he called “the gang”.
Police are now investigating 105 cases of alleged medical negligence, including 40 deaths, at the Brighton hospital, amid claims of a cover-up.
Another consultant, Krishna Singh, a general surgeon, said he suffered from the “autocratic leadership” and “single-minded sadistic obsession” of a senior leader when he warned that cost-cutting measures
