And so we say goodbye to Dimitris Kazakos, leaving our shores next month to ruin his own countrymen’s eyes!
And I'm sure the only tears in many of his UK patient's eyes will be those caused by pain...
With Dr Jan Venter mostly enjoying life on his South African ranch for the last few years, Dimitris Kazakos has in his stead been sold to OE patients as their ’TOP’ surgeon!
Laughable really, given that he is almost head to head with David Teenan, at the top of the leader board with the most legal claims from OE patients.
And whilst I’ve lost count, Drs Teenan, Kazakos, Manu Mathew, Alex George, Muhammad Kazmi, Venter, Luca Antico, and Aasheet Desai, are probably the most regularly complained about OE surgeons to hit my inbox.
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Dimitris is an unpleasant and arrogant man, frequently using gaslighting tactics to undermine complaints from patients, quick to tell them that he’s the most experienced and expert surgeon OE have - yikes!
He told one damaged lens replacement patient recently that he didn't know what OE would do without him when he returns to live in Greece next month (leaving behind a string of equally incompetent and unethical surgeons, so not much of a bonus there for new victims!)
Kazakos left OE a number of years ago to set up on his own in London, but apparently he wasn’t getting enough customers so he crawled back to OE.
I wonder if he is in fact leaving the UK because of the incredibly high number of legal claims against him, as not only do all OE surgeons have a high excess on their medical indemnity policy, but after paying out on dozens of successful claims from damaged patients, the insurers must surely reach a point where they say no more! And without medical indemnity, a doctor cannot practice in the UK.
I have no doubt Kazakos will set up shop in his home country, bad news for any future damaged patients, as I'm unaware of any patient advocacy groups or specialist legal firms in Greece, and I don't know if eye healthcare is free.
*'Most regularly’ should not be misconstrued as being the only OE surgeons with complaints and claims against them - nearly all of them have