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On November 22, 2006, the Brisbane Magistrates Court issued an arrest warrant for Jayant Patel, a U.S. surgeon, charging him with three counts of manslaughter and five counts of inflicting grievous bodily harm.1 Patel has been linked to 17 patient deaths at the Bundaberg Base Hospital, where he was director of surgery.2 He is also believed to be facing four charges of negligent acts causing harm and eight charges of fraud.3
1 Raymond Bonner, Australia Seeks Doctor’s Arrest for Operations, N.Y. Times, Nov. 22, 2006, at A6, col. 1.
2 Warrant Issued for Dr. Patel’s Extradition from U.S., Sydney Morning Herald, Nov. 22, 2006.
3 Id.