A doctor mentored by Indian-origin surgeon Jayant Patel, who is facing trial for manslaughter, on Monday told an Australian court that her former boss should not have removed part of the bowel of a patient who later died. Patel, 62, the former director of surgery at BundabergBaseHospital, has pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter of 75-year-old Mervyn Morris, who died in June 2003, three weeks after the major surgery. Emma Igras, Patel's junior at the time, told his Supreme Court trial earlier ...
Rediff.com, 2 months ago
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