Mum-of-three lost a baby she never knew she was having ‘after her family doctor fitted contraceptive coil without checking if she was pregnant’
The patient, in her 30s, was unaware she was already expecting another child and was seven weeks gone
A MUM-of-three lost a baby she never knew she was having after her doctor fitted the coil without checking if she was pregnant, it was claimed today.
The patient, in her 30s, had been fitted with a Mirena Coil unaware she was already expecting another child and was seven weeks gone.
Just three months later and while on holiday, the unnamed woman began to miscarry her unborn baby in a toilet.
She returned to the UK two days later to discover she was 19 weeks pregnant and was given medication to induce her labour.
The woman gave birth to a stillborn baby on a hospital corridor and subsequently had to undergo emergency surgery to remove the placenta.
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Today GP Dr Bhaskar Bora, 41, faced misconduct charges amid claims he failed to carry out a pregnancy testy or examination before inserting the coil.
Dr Bora - a family planning expert who is managing partner at The Elmdene & Bean Surgeries in Greenhithe, Kent - is already being sued by the woman in a separate hearing.
The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service in Manchester heard the woman - known as Patient A - went to see dad-of-two Bora in August 2011 when she was experiencing heavy period pains and fatigue.
She told the Manchester hearing: "I had three children and in 2001, 2002 and 2006 I attended GP consultations in relation to unwanted pregnancies. I had also previously had miscarriages as well and had problems with bleeding during one of my pregnancies.
"He asked if I had any stress in my life. He asked me if I ate spicy food and told me he would send me for an ultrasound. My period had been going on for about seven weeks and I told him that but we absolutely didn't have a discussion about whether I could be pregnant."
Patient A was referred for an ultrasound scan but when she not contacted again she assumed the test was ok, the hearing heard. But on March 12 2012 she went back to surgery for a further consultation after suffering from heavy bleeding.
She said: "He said to me that I had fibroids and suggested I had the Mirena Coil fitted because it would hopefully stop the bleeding. He never asked whether I was using any contraception.
"I would have tried anything for the bleeding to stop. At the time contraception would not have entered my head because I was bleeding continuously, daily. I was never asked whether I might be pregnant, I would not have even dreamed that I would have been pregnant.
"I did have a break in the bleeding for a week or two at Christmas time and I think that is the only time we had sexual relations in the whole time I was bleeding. He didn't ask me about pregnancy, it wasn't even mentioned.
"We discussed coming back in a few days time to have the Mirena Coil fitted. He never discussed any other options with me just said try the Mirena Coil. When your doctor tells you something you just take it. I was in and out in less than three minutes."
Patient A had the coil fitted on March 16 and she added: "He didn't ask me whether I could be pregnant.
"I wanted the coil fitted, I wanted the bleeding to stop."
On May 25, Patient A went back to the surgery as the symptoms had not reduced despite the procedure. She said: "I told him there was a lump in my tummy and I could push it from one side to the other and he told me it was my thyroid. I was shocked when he didn't examine me when I told him there was something in my tummy."
On June 5 she delivered what appeared to be part of the unborn baby's umblical cord. She returned to the UK where a pregnancy test at a hospital A&E unit two days later proved positive and a doctor said she was having a miscarriage.
Gavin McBride, lawyer for the General Medical Council said: '''She was told she was 19 weeks pregnant and her baby died several weeks previously. She was given medication to induce labour.
"On June 9 2012 she started having contractions and was transferred to casualty but ended up delivering the baby in the corridor of the hospital and had emergency surgery to remove the placenta. When the coil was inserted she was in the early stages of pregnancy.
''She said at no point did Dr Bora take any medical history from her, never asked whether she could be pregnant, discussed recent sexual activity or asked how her relationship was with her husband. ''
Bora of Chislehurst, South London, claims he did take clinical history from Patient A but admits he failed to record it and failed to conduct a pregnancy test.
The case continues.
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