Bawa Garba Flashcards
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Q
Summarise the Bawa Garba case?
A
On 18/02/12, six-year-old Jack Adcock was admitted to a hospital in Leicester and tragically passed away. Numerous factors led to his death, including errors on the part of Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba and the NHS trust.
Dr Bawa-Garba was convicted of gross negligence manslaughter and suspended from, then struck off, the GMC register.
Much discussion took place in both medical and public circles, including a boycott of written reflections by doctors due to concerns that these may have been used against Dr Bawa-Garba
Eventually, Dr Bawa-Garba was reinstated and she is now practising medicine again
2
Q
What questions does it raise?
A
- Whether doctors are often held accountable for systemic/governmental failures.
- Role of communication and teamwork to avoid errors: no one communicated that Jack’s heart medicine needed to be stopped to his mother; Dr Bawa Garba did not inform a consultant; mixup with DNACPR.
- Whether racial prejudice plays a role.
