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Episode 16: Dear Dr Patel
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Episode 16: Dear Dr Patel

Sick to Death · The Australian

March 13, 202653m 9s

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Show Notes

As Hedley travels to the United States in hopes of a face-to-face interview with Jayant Patel, Geoff Davies delivers his findings to Premier Peter Beattie. The result is a multimillion-dollar cash injection into Queensland Health. 

Plus, life goes on for patients treated by the incompetent surgeon and Hedley picks up the story for The Australian. 

Two new episodes of Sick to Death will be available in the coming weeks. They include fresh interviews and careful analysis of how the criminal justice system dealt with Dr Patel and how it grappled with the extremely rare occurrence of of the prosecution of a surgeon for alleged criminal negligence.

These events aren't detailed in Hedley Thomas' book Sick to Death.The next two episodes, however, will document some remarkable highs and lows in this saga as it wound its way through the courts. 

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