Former NHS surgeon Dr Neil Hopper is struck off the medical register after a case involving self-inflicted injury to both legs, according to reporting. The accounts say Hopper used dry ice to freeze his legs, causing damage serious enough that both legs required amputation. After the injuries, he reportedly gave an explanation involving illness following a family camping trip, and he later claimed he had developed sepsis. The reports describe the conduct as involving deliberate self-harm and include references to the reason being linked to sexual fantasies, alongside medical consequences that led to the amputations. The decision to remove him from the register means he is no longer permitted to practise medicine in the UK. The coverage frames the strike-off as a response to misconduct and the gravity of the actions, focusing on the nature of the injuries and the explanation Hopper provided afterward.
Ex-NHS surgeon Neil Hopper struck off after self-harm and illegal freezing incident
Former NHS surgeon Dr Neil Hopper is struck off the medical register after a case involving self-inflicted injury to both legs, according to reporting. The accounts say Hopper used dry ice to freeze h...
- Dr Neil Hopper, formerly an NHS surgeon, is struck off the medical register.
- He is reported to have used dry ice to freeze his own legs.
- Both legs reportedly required amputation due to the resulting injury.
- The reporting says Hopper later attributed his condition to an illness after a family camping trip and claimed sepsis.
- The case centres on deliberate self-inflicted injury and resulting medical harm.
Dr Neil Hopper used dry ice to freeze his legs to the extent that they required amputation - then claimed he had developed sepsis following a family camping trip.
2 months agoDr Neil Hopper used dry ice to freeze his legs to the extent that they required amputation - then claimed he had developed sepsis following a family camping trip.
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