Alan Ogilvie, who was operated on by Eljamel in 1995, is spokesman for the Patients Action Group which campaigned for the inquiry.<\/p>\n
Ogilvie said many of those affected had found their official medical records “often don’t match their lived reality”.<\/p>\n
He added: “We see significant gaps where complications occurred, and narratives that seem massaged to suit the clinician’s reputation rather than the patient’s history.<\/p>\n
“When the ‘official’ computer record says one thing, but our own letters and memories prove another, you have to ask: Is the system there to record the truth, or to protect the institution?<\/p>\n
“If we cannot trust the records from the past, how can we trust the lessons they claim to be learning for the future?”<\/p>\n
The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman (SPSO) has often raised the issue of accurate medical records.<\/p>\n
Last month, NHS Lothian was criticised by the watchdog for not carrying out a Significant Adverse Event Review into the death of a patient from a blood infection at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.<\/p>\n