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“You know, he didn’t become a bad surgeon overnight.”
This off-handed comment by a Bundaberg nurse prompts Hedley Thomas to start looking into Dr Patel’s history. A Google search uncovers the incredible truth.
The Courier Mail must race to break a story with enormous ramifications for patients, doctors, and the secretive Queensland health system.
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