NRIs Opinion

• Many have commented that he was a bad surgeon. This is easy to say but difficult to prove
• Who is responsible for not checking in his background thoroughly prior to his appointment?
• The media has made frequent reference to "Indian trained" when referring to Dr. Patel.

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• Vijay Mehta, M.D. Chief of General Thoracic and Vascular Surgery
  
  

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• Sydney, Nov 15, 2013: Australian prosecutors have dropped all charges of medical negligence, including the deaths of two patients, against Indian-origin surgeon Jayant Patel and he is likely to be able to return to his home in the US next week..... Read

• Verdict on Indian-origin doctor delayed
• Extended jail term sought for Indian-origin doctor
• Indian-origin doctor appeals conviction in Australia
• Indian-origin doctor guilty of manslaughter
• Indian-origin doctor called his hospital third world country
• India-born doctor 'failed to investigate' cancer concerns
• US NRI Dr. Jayant Patel to stand trial of manslaughter in Ausrtalia
• US NRI Dr. Jayant Patel faces criminal charges- hearing started today in Australia

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• NRI Dr. Jayant Patel committal set hearing IN February, 2009

  Brisbane, Australia, Sep. 01, 2008
  Anant Singh Anand

  The prosecutor David Meredith in the Brisbane Magistrates Court granted the committal hearing from February 9 to 27.

  Mr. Meredith told media that more than 120 witnesses may be called for examination and an additional two weeks have been set aside in April to accommodate overseas or interstate witnesses who cannot attend during the initial hearing.

  It is also said that Patel's defence lawyer must provide a list of required witnesses by December 1. An order will be made in relation to this during the next review of the case on September 19.

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• July 17, 2008: NRI Dr. Jayant Patel granted $20,000 bail by a Queensland court

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• July 17, 2008: NRI Dr. Jayant Patel expected to arrive in Australia tomorrow.

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• July 17, 2008: The extradition of NRI Dr. Jayant Patel from the US to Australia- NRI Dr Jayant Patel has been ordered to return to Australia to stand trial by U.S. Magistrate Judge Dennis Hubel before July 21. The agency had begun ...Read

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• March 12, 2008: Dr. Patel arrested in response to an extradition request by Australian Govt.

• Oct. 13, 2007: The extradition of NRI, Dr Jayant Patel from US to Australia has moved closer - The Queensland Office of the Department of Public Prosecutions has at last completed its necessary paperwork.........
• June 27, 2007 : NRI US surgeon Jayant Patel may be deported - “confidentially” approved. FORMER Queensland surgeon Dr Jayant Patel will receive a fair trial if he is extradited from the United States, Queensland Premier Peter Beattie said today.....
• Australian court issued warrant for extradition of NRI doctor, Jayant Patel - Most of the Queenslanders called Dr Death- Dr Jayant Patel, who has been linked to 17 patient deaths at the Bundaberg Hospital. Dr Patel worked as director of surgery ......
• July 10: Dr Death should face murder charge- ROGUE surgeon Jayant Patel should be charged with murder, the head of a commission of inquiry has recommended. In an interim inquiry report presented to the Queensland government today......
• July 09: Hope for justice in Dr Death probe--SOLICITOR David Watt, in documents lodged with the state Supreme Court as part of a bid to shut down Queensland's Dr Death inquiry, makes a point of mentioning the other agencies ...............
• July 2:Wa- RIGHT now is not a great time to be an overseas-trained doctor in Australia- RIGHT now is not a great time to be an overseas-trained doctor in Australia. Following the furore over Queensland's so-called "Dr Death", Jayant Patel, some patients are turning away from other foreign-trained doctors, even ..................