donald campbell looked at the patient‘s scans.the whole point of doing the operation is to remove the disc and remove the pressure on the spinal cord. and you can see from the scan, that didn't happen. that was not done at all. and then to tell the patient that you had done the operation is simply not true. what do you think of that? it's completely unacceptable. it's dishonest. the fact that these problems weren't picked up earlier raises serious questions about the oversight at nhs tayside. i've been handed documents which show that not only was mr eljamel failing to use x—rays during surgery, which meant that sometimes he operated in the wrong area of the spine, but that he taught his trainee surgeons to do the same, and that they, too, harmed patients. one of the documents describes how a junior surgeon carried out surgery at the incorrect spinal level while under instruction from mr eljamel. despite the trainee surgeon clearly raising concerns, he says mr eljamel advised him the site was correct and told him to carry on with