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Gross Negligence Manslaughter in Healthcare: The medico-legal dilemma (part 1)

31 May 2021 | Andrew Burd (Prof Rtd)

On the 8 December 2020, Justice Judianna Barnes sentenced Dr Mak Wan-ling to three and a half years in prison. The charge for which she was found guilty was gross negligence manslaughter (GNM). She had injected a contaminated blood sample into a patient and the patient had died. The conviction was fundamentally flawed.

Part two: Aye, Aye. AI?

14 February 2025 | Andrew Burd (Prof Rtd) | AI, artificial intelligence, blog, personal, ChatGPT, DeepSeek

This is the second blog in this series looking at the current trends in AI. In the first, I reviewed a 'chat' with ChatGPT regarding the limitations of the program in editing work. This is actually a highly skilled human...

How I Do It - Treating the ageing neck with Ellevate™ plus

15 January 2020 | James D Frame (Prof) | PMFA - Facial Plastic Surgery, PMFA - General Plastic Surgery, PMFA - Online exclusive articles

The ageing and sagging neck cannot always be successfully corrected using standard facelift techniques, even those that include extensive SMAS lift [1]. Adjuncts to treatment can include liposuction, radiofrequency or similar skin tightening procedures, open or closed platysmaplasty, extensive SMAS...

The Need for Informed Opinions

2 May 2014 | Andrew Burd (Prof Rtd)

It is important not to take sides too soon in any debate and let the various parties present their arguments. In this context, I mean ‘argument’ as a structured rational to support a specific position. With regard to aesthetic medicine...

Gross negligence manslaughter in healthcare: The medico-legal dilemma

13 October 2025 | Andrew Burd (Prof Rtd) | medico-legal, hypoxia, blog, Andrew Burd, Vanessa Kwan

Three years ago, I concluded a multi-part blog series looking at a case of gross negligence manslaughter in Hong Kong. The specific case related to a doctor who had operated on a patient who tragically died some 40 minutes after...

Letter from Hong Kong (1 June 2020)

1 June 2020 | Andrew Burd (Prof Rtd)

It will be essential for there to be a full and impartial review of the response of each and every country to the global pandemic. That is the nature of science, accountability and responsibility.

In Conversation with Professor Jian Farhadi

18 June 2024 | PMFA - Breast Surgery, PMFA - General Plastic Surgery

We were delighted to speak with Professor Jian Farhadi, Consultant Plastic Surgeon and past Director Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospital in London. He is a specialist in reconstructive and aesthetic breast surgery and...

Cutting it fine online: social media and reputation management on the web

1 August 2014 | Tingy Simoes | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine

Social media is an amazing tool which, in its finest form, can be utilised to heighten your profile, increase brand awareness, promote your services, and fruitfully interact with colleagues, patients and the public. It is important, however, to remember that...

Letter from Hong Kong (6 January 2022)

6 January 2022 | Andrew Burd (Prof Rtd)

So now we are entering the third year of this global pandemic. It is changing, evolving and is bringing out the very best and the very worst in humanity. Science and scientists have had a real bashing, but then who by? Quacks, aardvarks and gobbeldygooks. Looking back is looking forward.

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