Great Ormond Street is facing mounting pressure to publish a report about a 'rogue' surgeon who left children with serious injuries - as it was revealed today he has been ditched from a top conference in Dubai.
The London hospital trust launched an urgent review of the care of 721 children seen by consultant orthopaedic surgeon Yaser Jabbar, 43, after complaints from colleagues and family members.
Of the 39 cases that have been reviewed so far, 15 patients have come to no harm, nine have suffered 'low to moderate harm' and 13 have come to 'severe harm' - that is likely to include lifelong injuries, the hospital said.
All patients or their families have been contacted as part of the review, which is expected to take 18 months to complete, Great Ormond Street said.
It comes after MailOnline revealed Jabbar, who currently lives in Dubai, had been due to speak at a major medical conference this week and was continuing to operate on children and adults at at least two major hospitals in the region.
Great Ormond Street has launched an urgent review of all the youngsters treated by former surgeon Yaser Jabbar, 43, (pictured) in its orthopaedic department
Great Ormond Street is facing mounting pressure to publish the report as it continues to review more than 700 patients treated by Jabbar
Jabbar appears to no longer be scheduled to attend the event and has been removed from both hospital websites after being contacted by MailOnline yesterday.
The trust for Great Ormond Street commissioned an external review of its paediatric orthopaedic service in 2022 'after concerns were raised by a number of our patient families and staff'.
At the time it was agreed Jabbar would go on an eleven-month fully-paid sabbatical while the review took place.
It is now facing calls to publish the findings by the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS).
The 100-page document reportedly concluded that senior executives had 'manifestly failed in their responsibility' and that the hospital's orthopaedic department was not 'currently safe for patients'.
Of the cases already reviewed, the report found one child has since had to have one of their legs amputated - which could have been avoided if the surgery by Jabbar had not been carried out.
At least one other child is facing the possibility of amputation if no other treatment succeeds, it is understood.
Other patients have been left with life-long severe injuries and needed corrective surgery.
MailOnline revealed yesterday after leaving Great Ormond Street he was living and working in Dubai - speaking about his 'expertise' at conferences and operating on children at the Clemenceau Medical Center and orthopaedic specialists Orthocure.
But this morning Jabbar was removed from the website of a major conference he was due to speak at in Dubai this week, as well as disappearing from the hospitals' websites where he had been lauded as 'one of the best'.
The MENA International Orthopaedics Congress had previously announced Jabbar as a speaker in July, saying: 'Join us to gain knowledge from his wealth of experience!'
Today the announcement has been deleted from social media and Jabbar's name removed from the conference brochure, with the session he was due to lead marked 'TBC' instead.
Jabbar had been announced as a speaker at this week's MENA conference - but the announcement has since been deleted and his name removed from the website
The conference organisers have removed Jabbar from its programme, replacing him with 'TBC'
The Clemenceau Medical Center (CMC)'s page on Jabbar listed various conditions he claimed to treat
Both hospitals Jabbar was working at have also wiped him from their sites since MailOnline got in contact with them on Sunday.
It is understood he had been continuing to operate on both adults and children at the Clemenceau Medical Center (CMC) and was also listed as a consultant at Orthocure, both in Dubai.
CMC described Jabbar as 'internationally sought for both adult and paediatric trauma and reconstruction, and is considered a leading figure in the region.'
It added Jabbar was 'recognised for his expertise and appointed as a consultant limb reconstruction surgeon at the world-renowned Great Ormond Street Hospital in London.'
It made no mention of the reasons for his departure, but did publish a long list of operations he could perform for both adults and children.
Orthocure also heaped praise on Jabbar, describing him as 'internationally sought after' with more than 20 years of clinical experience.
It claimed he has a 'sizeable international and embassy patient base'.
Neither MENA, CMC or Orthocure responded to requests for comment.
A lawyer representing families who had children treated by Jabbar, Caroline Murgatroyd, a senior associate solicitor at Hudgell Solicitors, urged the hospital to release the report to the public.
'There has been reference to this internal report that was produced last year, now that report hasn't been made available publicly - I haven't seen it, the families haven't seen it,' she told Times Radio.
'My understanding is that report does address some of the departmental failures and details some of the reports that were made by staff.
Jabbar moved to Dubai following an 11-month sabbatical taken after concerns were raised about his treatments
Jabbar treated 721 children while working at Great Ormond Street Hospital, a report has revealed
'And there is a big lack of information there at the moment as to when concerns were first raised, how they were dealt with... so I'd really encourage Great Ormond Street to release that report to the public.'
She added: 'I think it's really, really important that (families) understand how this came about and how it could go on so long - we're talking a five year period over which children were treated.
'I think it's really, really important that there's a lot of transparency here. Great Ormond Street Hospital has been quite good with that so far in terms of individual patients, and they've started the process of reviewing each patient's medical record and reporting to them about where they've identified fails in care.
'But I think in terms of the wider departmental issues of what was actually going on at the trust and governance, that's where I think they could be more transparent.
'I think that's really important to families, because they want to know why this happened and what course of events led to all of this. And so we can also make sure that it really doesn't happen again.'
Ms Murgatroyd, said that she was representing families of children who had received incorrect surgeries, leg length discrepancies, nerve injuries and one client who had undergone an amputation.
She said some of the accusations include the 'wrong choice of surgery; surgery performed to an unreasonable standard; failure to advise parents about the risk and benefits of undergoing and not undergoing surgery, so failure to obtain informed consent'.
A spokesperson for the hospital said: 'We have contacted all patients and families who have been impacted and where harm has been identified, discussed their cases with them under our duty of candour.
'The full report contains personally identifiable data relating to patients and staff and it would not be appropriate to share it.
'However, the Trust intends to share the contents of an executive summary through our publicly available board papers in December 24. Public release of this information needs to be timed to take into consideration patient communications, which remains our priority.'
Jabbar, who no longer works at the London hospital, is reported to be an expert in limb reconstruction but has not had a licence to practise medicine in the UK since January 8, according to the General Medical Council's website.
Jabbar has not responded to requests for comment.
