Pro-footballer Claims Medical Treatment Ended His Career
Brian Welsh, a former professional football for Scottish Premiership team, Hibs, is claiming £350,000 in compensation from Dr Malcolm Morrison, a doctor for Hibs football club. Welsh, who played in the central defender position for both Dundee United and Hibs, claims that his playing career was effectively finished by a steroid injection for an ankle injury.
After 11 years with Dundee United, Welsh was transferred to Hibs for a fee of £200,000 in 1996 and claims that he showed every sign of having a long and promising career at the club before Dr Morrison’s treatment.
When he suffered from an Achilles injury at the beginning of the 1998 season, Welsh was advised by the club physio to see Dr Morrison. Welsh alleges that Morrison injected steroids directly into the Achilles tendon and that this caused irreparable damage to his ankle, preventing him from playing professional football again.
Welsh subsequently underwent surgery on the ankle and the surgeon discovered extensive damage to the tendon. Welsh’s lawyers claim that a steroid injection was not the appropriate treatment for his particular problem (a partial tear of the tendon).
In his defence, Dr Morrison claims that the injection was not given directly into the tendon and that the injection did not have any bearing on Welsh’s failure to recover after his operation.
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