Jayant Mukundray Patel (born April 10, 1950) is an American-born Indian surgeon accused of major negligence while working at Bundaberg Base Hospital in Queensland, Australia. The death of several Patel patients led to widespread publicity in 2005. In June 2010, Patel was found guilty of three counts of mass murder and one case of severe body injury, and was sentenced to seven years in prison. In August 2012, all convictions were canceled by the full bench of the High Court of Australia and a retrial was ordered because "very emotional proof and prejudice irrelevant to the case" was put before the jury. A re-trial for one count of murder resulted in the release and led to a plea agreement in which Patel pleaded guilty to fraud and the remaining charges were dropped. On May 15, 2015, he was banned from practicing in Australia.
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Early life and education
Patel was born in Jamnagar in the state of Gujarat, India. Initially, he studied surgery at M. P. Shah Medical College at Saurashtra University, earning his master's degree. He then moved to the United States where he received further surgical training at the University of Rochester School of Medicine as a surgeon and resident in surgery.
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Careers
Buffalo, New York
In 1984 in Buffalo, New York, health officials cited Patel for failing to examine patients before surgery. He was fined US $ 5,000 and placed in a three-year clinical trial. In April 2001, state health officials in New York withdrew Patel's license.
Portland, Oregon
In 1989, Patel moved to Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Portland, Oregon. In 1995, the hospital named it "Best Distinguisher Doctor of the Year". By this time, he has been involved in a series of cases of problems, eight of which have encouraged or subsequently led to malpractice or wrongful death lawsuits. Medical staff accused Patel of having surgery when not assigned to work, operating other surgical patients, unnecessary surgery and causing serious injury and death. In 1998, Kaiser Permanente restricted Patel's practice; he is instructed not to operate in the liver or pancreas and seek a second opinion before performing any other surgery. In September 2000, after reviewing four cases involving the deaths of three patients, the Oregon Medical Control Agency established Patel's boundary area. Although his medical permission has been restricted, Patel still receives letters of recommendation from his colleagues at Kaiser Permanente. Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia
In 2003, Patel moved to the position of Surgical Director at Bundaberg Base Hospital where she was employed by Queensland Health under the "area of ​​â €
Practice in Bundaberg
The deficiencies in Patel's practice are identified. His surgery is described as "ancient" and "careless". The nurse stated that they hid their patients from him when they found out he was in the hospital. He showed bad hygiene. He drew the nickname "Dr. Death". Allegedly he changed his medical records, including death certificates to hide his shortcomings.
Patel was associated with at least 87 deaths among the 1,202 patients he was admitted between 2003 and early 2005. Thirty patients died while being treated in Bundaberg.
On March 22, 2005, Stuart Copeland, Queensland Shadow Minister for Health, raised the issue of clinical practice of Patel during "Question Time" in the Queensland Parliament. Copeland has been informed of Patel's deficiency by Toni Hoffman, a nurse at Bundaberg Base Hospital. Two days later, Rob Messenger, Member of the National Parliament Party for Burnett, also raised the issue in a speech to the Legislative Assembly. He asked for Patel's suspension.
Hedley Thomas, a journalist at The Courier-Mail, who won the Walkley Award for his part in revealing Patel's past, published a report on Patel. Newspapers and other media are flooded with patient claims about injuries and deaths caused by Patel's surgery.
On April 2, 2005, Patel departed from Australia to Portland, Oregon, using a business-class airfare paid by Queensland Health. His passport has not been arrested yet.
On November 22, 2006, a judge issued a Patel arrest and extradition warrant to Australia. He was charged with three murder charges, five counts of severely injured, four negligent acts that caused losses and eight counts of fraud. He was extradited to Australia on July 21, 2008.
Morris Inquiry
In response to public discontent over Patel's performance at Bundaberg Base Hospital, the Beattie Government held a "Bundaberg Hospital of Commission Inquiry". This investigation held a judicial power similar to the Royal Commission, and initiated a hearing in Brisbane on May 23, 2005. It was led by Anthony Morris, a Queen Advisor.
On June 10, Morris released an interim report filed on the same day in the State Parliament by Premier Beattie. The report recommends, inter alia, that Patel is accused of murder or murder of one patient, causing a "negligent action that causes harm" to another patient, that he is also accused of fraud related to his registration at the Hospital. The Queensland council is practicing medicine and the extradition process should begin. It also recommends changes to the Physician Practitioner Registration Act 2001 .
The Morris investigation began a hearing in Bundaberg on June 20. Nurses, local Queensland Health administrators, and former Patel patients are all expected to provide evidence. The public hearing in Bundaberg ended on July 14th. The investigation continued the public hearing in Brisbane on July 25 and also sits in Townsville from 2 to 4 August.
During Morris Inquiry, two senior Queensland Health bureaucrats in the Bundaberg region, Darren Keating and Peter Leck, filed an application in the Queensland Supreme Court calling for a closed investigation, stating that Morris had shown a biased bias toward them. On September 1, Judge Martin Moynihan of the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the applicants, finding that the Commission of Inquiry had been contaminated with a mock bias against Keating and Leck, and that evidence gathered from other witnesses was entangled with evidence given by Keating and Leck.
Davies Inquiry
The new investigation began on 8 September 2005 and was led by former Queensland Supreme Court judge Geoffrey Davies QC. This investigation, officially titled Queensland Hospital Information Commission, , is widely known as Davies Inquiry.
The Davies Inquiry report was handed over on November 30, 2005. It recommends that the charge of premeditated murder and other crimes be prosecuted against Patel. The report also brings many mistakes to two former Health Ministers, Gordon Nuttall and Wendy Edmond, and senior Queensland Health bureaucrats for allowing the existence of a culture of secrecy and whistleblower isolation that allows Patel's conduct not to be punished for two years.
An independent surgeon, Peter Woodruff, who was asked by Justice Davies to examine the work of Patel believes that Patel negligently caused 13 deaths, and serious complications experienced by at least 31 others.
Legal process
Extradition
Patel was arrested March 11, 2008 by FBI agents. He appeared in court that day with a court-appointed attorney, telling Federal Judge Dennis Hubel that he could not afford a lawyer, after incurring significant pre-adjudication legal fees. In response, the Judge ordered Patel, who lived at home for $ 900,000, to fill in a financial statement before the impending imprisonment. After his arrest, Toni Hoffman, a nurse carrying his complaint about Patel to an Australian Parliament member, said that "I am glad he has been arrested, but there is still much to be done." Patel denies the allegations. The extradition proceedings against Patel began in April 2008. Patel was denied a pledge by Judge Hebel on June 28, 2008, with the judge warning Australian and US authorities that they should extradite Patel on July 21, 2008, or he would release Patel on bail.
Patel was extradited: George Marshals handed Patel to two officers from the Queensland Police Service at Los Angeles Airport on July 19, who then escorted him at Qantas Flight Qantas 176. Flight arrived at Brisbane Airport on the morning of July 21st. Patel was immediately taken to Brisbane's nursing home and granted a pledge by the Court of Magistrates of Rome Street on the same day.
Trial
Patel was tried in the Queensland Supreme Court for the unlawful killing of three patients, and severe injuries to the fourth victim. He pleaded not guilty to all charges.
On June 29, 2010, Jayant Patel was found guilty of four counts. On July 1, she was sentenced to seven years in prison for her offense. Patel appealed and sentenced him to the High Court, and the prosecutor also appealed the sentence. Both appeals were rejected.
Appeal to High Court
Patel subsequently appealed the Court of Appeal's decision to the High Court of Australia, and was granted special leave to appeal. On August 24, 2012, the High Court unanimously authorized an appeal and annulled Patel's conviction on the grounds that the evidence of prejudice was likely to affect the jury. Patel argues that when prosecutors admit 43 days in court that they can not prove that Patel was guilty of his inability, the jury has heard testimony and evidence of his unusual behavior. The High Court gave Patel a new trial.
Retrial
The following year, a retrial was held for one count of murder, and Patel was released by the jury. This results in a call to have the remaining charge against Patel down. The remaining assassinations and heavy physical harm charges were then dropped in exchange for Patel pleading guilty to two counts related to her dishonest getting the registration and two counts related to the dishonest job getting in Queensland. Patel was sentenced to two years in prison on charges of fraud.
Aftermath
In a television documentary about a case broadcast by CNN in November 2010 as part of the "Uncountable Stories in the World" series and titled "They Called Him 'Dr. Death'", some of Patel's medical colleagues in Australia testified to have repeatedly exploded. whistle on him only to be ignored by medical superiors and other authorities. Questions also arise about the lack of due diligence by those involved in his appointment.
In response to the case, Peter Beattie dismissed the Director-General, Robert Stable and the changes made to funding, the operation of the medical council, and how the concerns raised by whistle blowers are handled.
On May 15, 2015, the Queensland Civilian and Administrative Court banned Patel from ever practicing medicine in Australia again. The court upheld the Australian Healthcare Agency's Regulatory Body statement that Patel cheated authorities to grant him a medical license, hide his fitness-related matters to become a doctor, and perform operations he knew he could not do competently.
See also
- Christopher Duntsch
References
External links
- 'Six-Point Action Plan' to face the biased evidence gathered by Morris Inquiry
- Oregonian Oregonian Coverage (including a copy of the document)
- 'Australian Doctors' Death
- The Davies Inquiry website - includes terms of reference and transcripts of public sittings (temporarily disabled due to current legal process)
- The Kaiser Papers
- The Queensland Government press release announces Davies Inquiry
- An open letter from Peter Beattie
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