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Oct 20, 2023 · The brown brick hospital on the main drag into Bundaberg is an unassuming building, but many locals are still traumatised by what went on here when Jayant Patel, aka Dr Death, was director of surgery.
- Brigid Andersen
New York, U.S. Jayant Mukundray Patel (born April 10, 1950 [citation needed]) is an Indian-born American surgeon who was accused of gross negligence whilst working at Bundaberg Base Hospital in Queensland, Australia. Deaths of some of Patel's patients led to widespread publicity in 2005. In June 2010, he was convicted of three counts of ...
Nov 3, 2011 · day in Australian health workforce governance. Jayant Patel, former head. of surgery at the Bundaberg hospital in Queensland, was sentenced to seven. years in gaol following a guilty verdict on three counts of manslaughter. and one of grievous bodily harm. This was the very same day that a new. national agency commenced operation across Australia.
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Queensland MP Rob Messenger raises concerns in State Parliament about Patel's competence following a tip-off from Toni Hoffman.
Patel resigns and is flown back to the US by Queensland Health. Media scrutiny reveals Patel had been banned from performing some surgery in the US due to negligence. The then Queensland premier, Peter Beattie, announces an inquiry, headed by Tony Morris QC.
Morris inquiry axed after Supreme Court rules Commissioner Morris showed ostensible bias. Second inquiry headed by former Court of Appeal Judge Geoff Davies AO begins.
Warrants issued for Patel's arrest on 16 charges, including manslaughter, grievous bodily harm, fraud.
Patel faces committal hearing in the Brisbane Magistrates Court and is committed to stand trial on 13 charges including three counts of manslaughter.
Patel found guilty of three counts of manslaughter and one count of grievous bodily harm after one of the Queensland Supreme Court's longest running trials.
Patel's appeal against his the conviction and sentencing due to be heard, but delayed when his legal team said it does not have the money proceed.
Appeal hearing begins in Brisbane. Patel's lawyers argued the appeal was on the grounds the jury's verdicts were unreasonable, Patel was denied a fair hearing, and the sentence was excessive. Patel's appeal also alleged the presiding judge made several errors, such as not discharging the jury on two occasions. The Queensland Attorney-General also a...
The High Court unanimously upholds Patel's appeal, saying that a "miscarriage of justice had occurred" because the prosecution "radically changed its case" in a way that made much of the evidence that had been admitted irrelevant. He was released from jail on conditions that he report to police three times per week.
Queensland's Director of Public Prosecutions confirms Patel will face retrial on manslaughter and grievous bodily harm charges.
Jul 1, 2010 · Jayant Patel, an Indian-born US citizen dubbed "Dr Death" by Australian media, worked at a Queensland hospital between 2003 and 2005. He was found guilty at the Brisbane Supreme Court earlier this ...
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May 28, 2005 · Maria Bramich, 10, with a photo of her father, Des Bramich, who died after being treated by Dr Jayant Patel. All who have suffered must find the strength to speak up, Fleming tells the assembly. All but a handful of them are sunburned 50-somethings and beyond. Many have the wounds and weariness and cautious gait of the chronically unwell.
