Overview
- Dr. Mohamed Atef Hakmi is suing the NHS for over £1 million, alleging a delayed diagnosis of his second 2016 stroke caused permanent brain injury and ended his surgical career.
- His barrister told the High Court that telemedicine glitches and a cursory A&E examination at Lister Hospital denied him timely thrombolysis treatment.
- NHS counsel John de Bono KC maintained that clinicians acted with reasonable care and argued that thrombolysis would likely not have changed Dr. Hakmi’s outcome.
- The defence revealed Dr. Hakmi’s post-stroke IQ score of 84, contending it conflicts with his role at Cambridge and casts doubt on his claimed cognitive impairments.
- Dr. Hakmi rejected suggestions of deliberate test underperformance, saying he found the assessments exhausting as the judge continues to hear evidence on contested damages.