Qld: Govt relaxes compensation for Patel victims

AAP General News (Australia)
04-28-2006
Qld: Govt relaxes compensation for Patel victims

Former patients of Queensland's rogue surgeon .. Dr Death .. will be allowed to claim
compensation for medical complications which develop in the future.

But Attorney-General LINDA LAVARCH says victims of surgeon JAYANT PATEL .. who have
already suffered complications .. must still meet today's deadline.

Only 30 of the 353 claims lodged so far have been settled.





Dr PATEL fled to the United States on April 1 last year .. after being named in the
Queensland parliament over a medical malpractice scandal.

He's also been connected with 17 deaths.

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KEYWORD: PATEL (BRISBANE)

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