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600:, said that "I am relieved he's been arrested, but there's still a lot to go." Patel denied the allegations. The extradition proceeding against Patel began in April 2008. Patel was denied bail by Judge Hebel on June 28, 2008, with the judge warning Australian and US authorities that they must extradite Patel by July 21, 2008, or he would release Patel on bail.
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Inadequacies in Patel's practice were identified. His surgery was described as "antiquated" and "sloppy". Nurses claimed they hid their patients from him when they knew he was in the hospital. He showed poor regard for hygiene. He attracted the nickname "Dr. Death". It is alleged he altered medical
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agents. He appeared in court that day with a court-appointed attorney, telling
Federal Magistrate Dennis Hubel that he was unable to afford a lawyer, after incurring significant pre-trial legal fees. In response, the Magistrate ordered Patel, who lived in a $ 900,000 house, to fill out a financial
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and was granted special leave to appeal. On August 24, 2012, the High Court unanimously allowed the appeal and quashed Patel's convictions on the ground that prejudicial evidence had likely influenced the jury. Patel argued that by the time prosecutors admitted, 43 days into the trial, that they
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Inquiry began hearings in Bundaberg on June 20. Nurses, local Queensland Health administrators and former patients of Patel were all expected to give evidence. Public hearings in Bundaberg concluded on July 14. The Inquiry resumed public hearings in Brisbane on July 25 and also sat in
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and to seek second opinions before performing other surgeries. In
September 2000, after reviewing four cases involving the deaths of three patients, the Oregon Board of Medical Examiners made Patel's restriction statewide. Even though his medical license had been restricted, Patel still received
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November 2010 as part of its "World's Untold Stories" series and entitled "They Called Him 'Dr. Death'", several of Patel's medical co-workers in Australia testified to having repeatedly blown a whistle on him only to be ignored by medical superiors and other authorities. Questions were also
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lawsuits. Medical staff allege he performed surgery when not rostered to work, operated on other surgeons' patients, operated unnecessarily and caused serious injury and death. In 1998, Kaiser
Permanente restricted Patel's practice; he was instructed not to operate on the
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The report of the Davies
Inquiry was handed down on November 30, 2005. It recommended that charges of manslaughter and other criminal offences be prosecuted against Patel. The report also apportioned much of the blame to two former Health Ministers,
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ruled in favor of the applicants, finding that the
Commission of Inquiry was contaminated with ostensible bias against Keating and Leck, and that evidence gathered from other witnesses was entangled with the evidence given by Keating and Leck.
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records, including death certificates, to hide his inadequacies. Patel is linked to at least 87 deaths among the 1,202 patients he treated between 2003 and early 2005. Thirty patients died while under his care in
Bundaberg.
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guilty to two counts related to him dishonestly gaining registration and two counts related to dishonestly gaining employment in
Queensland. Patel was sentenced to a two-year suspended sentence for those fraud charges.
710:'s contentions that Patel deceived authorities into granting him a medical licence, concealed matters related to his fitness to be a doctor, and performed surgeries that he knew he could not competently perform.
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On June 29, 2010, Jayant Patel was found guilty of all four charges. On July 1, he was sentenced to seven years in jail for his offences. Patel appealed his conviction and sentence to the Court of Appeal and the
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An independent surgeon, Peter Woodruff, who was asked by Justice Davies to examine Patel's work believes that Patel negligently caused 13 deaths, and serious complications suffered by at least 31 others.
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under an "area of need" program where overseas trained doctors are employed in predominantly regional understaffed areas. He was appointed despite having no specialist surgical qualifications.
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could not prove Patel was guilty of incompetence, the jury had already heard testimony and evidence about his unusual behavior. The High Court granted Patel a
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calling for the inquiry to be shut down, alleging that Morris had shown apprehended bias against them. On September 1, Justice Martin Moynihan of the
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5,000 and was placed on three years' clinical probation. In April 2001, New York State health officials withdrew Patel's license.
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act causing harm" to another patient, that he also be charged with
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proceedings should begin. It also recommended changes to the
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Brooke Baskin; Tony Keim; Josh Robertson (March 14, 2013).
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977:"JAYANT M. PATEL, MD Summary of Known Disciplinary Record"
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Patel then appealed the Court of Appeal's decision to the
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who was accused of gross negligence whilst working at
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation (July 21, 2008).
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also appealed sentence. Both appeals were dismissed.
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1404:"Queensland Public Hospitals Commission of Inquiry"
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1295:Thompson, Tuck; Viellaris, Renee (July 19, 2008).
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831:"The life and times of rogue surgeon Jayant Patel"
188:(born April 10, 1950 ) is an Indian-born American
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1074:Marks, Kathy (June 4, 2005).
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186:Jayant Mukundray Patel
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1409:. November 30, 2005.
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