The case of a boy who died less than two months after a now-suspended surgeon operated on him has been referred to a coroner, as a review found “evidence that fatal physical harm was caused”.
Nine-year-old Jack Moate was operated on by Kuldeep Stohr, an orthopaedic consultant who specialises in children, at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge on 28 September 2015.
Jack, who had many complex medical needs and limited mobility, spent almost eight hours in surgery for the operation on his hips.
He died on 21 November 2015, with his mother saying he was “in agony” and his care has since been reviewed as part of a wider exercise.
A letter from Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) to Jack’s mother Elizabeth Moate, seen by ITV News, says that an independent clinical expert who reviewed Jack’s care found “there was evidence that fatal physical harm was caused”.
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