India Australian Surgeon

• Charges against Indian surgeon dropped in Australia

  Australian prosecutors on Friday dropped criminal negligence charges against an Indian-born surgeon who had been accused of the manslaughter of several patients, bringing an end to a long-running legal saga.

• Australian jurors unable to reach verdict on Indian surgeon

  An Australian jury was discharged on Tuesday after they were unable to reach a verdict in the long-running case of an Indian-born surgeon accused of harming a patient, reports said.

• Indian-origin surgeon faces re-trial in Australia

  Prosecutors have filed for a fresh trial of a former Indian-origin surgeon in an Australian court for allegedly causing grievous bodily harm to a patient.

• Indian-origin surgeon to face trial in Australia: report

  Indian-origin surgeon Jayant Patel will stand trial in an Australian court in September this year for causing grievous harm to a patient, a media report has said.

• Indian doctor faces manslaughter trials in Australia

  Australian prosecutors on Friday said they will pursue remaining charges against an Indian-born surgeon, including two counts of manslaughter, after he was cleared over the death of another patient.

• Indian-origin doctor cleared of manslaughter charge in Australia

  In a relief to Indian-origin surgeon Jayant Patel, an Australian court on Wednesday found him not guilty of manslaughter of an elderly patient nearly a decade ago.

• Released from jail, Indian Australian surgeon speaks out

  Days after a High Court quashed his conviction on three counts of manslaughter, Indian-origin surgeon Jayant Patel praised the Australian justice system and sympathised with his former patients. Dr Patel, 62, was released from jail on Friday night after the High Court unanimously overturned his conviction on three counts of manslaughter and one cou...

• Woman sues surgeon over sponge left in abdomen for 15 Years

  An Australian woman is suing her doctor for negligence after a grapefruit-sized surgical sponge was sewn into her abdomen 15 years ago during surgery.Helen Caroline Anne O'Hagan said the sponge was left in her abdominal cavity by surgeon Samuel Sakker during a 1992 partial colectomy, Sydney Morning Herald reported.After the operation was con...