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Arrest warrants issued for Dr. Death Jayant Patel

November 22nd, 2006 at 8:13 am » Comments (2)

From OrengonLive.com:
[kaiserthrive.org editor: It should be noted that Kaiser Permanente vigorously defended Dr. Death Jayant Patel in malpractice cases that were filed against him during his tenure at Kaiser. They only took action after several people had been harmed and revictimized by Kaiser lawyers in the rigged Kaiser arbitration process. Several recommendations were also [...]



Dr. Death Jayant Patel on the Run

March 9th, 2006 at 12:57 pm » Comments (0)

Dr Death on the run in the US
March 10, 2006 - 6:04AM, from the AAP via The Sydney Morning Herald:
Dr Jayant Patel, the rogue surgeon linked to 13 patient deaths at a Queensland hospital, is on the run again - this time from a $2 million lawsuit in the United States over the death of [...]



Patel’s disturbing record at Kaiser

November 6th, 2005 at 9:58 am » Comments (2)

Sunday, November 06, 2005, from The Oregonian:
SUSAN GOLDSMITH and DON COLBURN
Dr. Jayant M. Patel was a surgical star. Just three years after he was hired by Kaiser Permanente Northwest in 1989, the HMO gave him the job of training its young surgeons.
Patel gravitated to the toughest cases, confidently rebuilding colons and removing tumors to [...]



Former colleagues at Kaiser Permanente gave surgeon branded “Dr. Death” glowing references

May 26th, 2005 at 4:27 pm » Comments (2)

From Associated Press:
An Indian-trained surgeon linked to the deaths of at least 87 patients in Australia over two years had been given glowing references by six former colleagues in the United States, despite having been cited for negligence there earlier, according to copies of the references obtained by The Associated Press.
Jayant “Jay” Patel, 56, is [...]