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- Controversial US surgeon Jayant Patel who was at the centre of a high-profile legal case has been banned from practising medicine in Australia. A civil tribunal in Queensland found Dr Patel had lied in order to be registered in the state. It said he had concealed the fact that he had been sanctioned in the US for unprofessional conduct.
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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.
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
Nov 22, 2013 · ‘Doctor Death’ Jayant Patel escapes with fraud conviction and plans return to work. A public inquiry found 13 people died as a result of his negligence, but repeated attempts at prosecution failed
Nov 15, 2013 · Patel was convicted in connection with the deaths of three patients whom he operated on in Queensland, but successfully appealed. He pleaded guilty to four charges of fraud on Friday.
- March 2005
- April 2005
- September 2005
- November 2006
- February 2009
- June 2010
- November, 2010
- March 2, 2011
- August 24, 2012
- August 30, 2012
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.
A Jayant Patel-type saga should never happen again in Queensland thanks to an overhaul of the health system, Health Minister Paul Lucas says. The former surgeon, dubbed Dr Death, was convicted by a Brisbane jury on Tuesday of killing three patients and permanently injuring another. He will be sentenced on Thursday.
Jul 16, 2010 · Patel, 60, was sentenced on July 1 to seven years' jail for the manslaughter of three patients and causing grievous bodily harm to a fourth. The charges related to Patel's time as director of surgery at Bundaberg Base Hospital between 2003 and 2005.
