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BRISBANE, Australia (AP) - A medical administrator rated the work of a surgeon linked to the deaths of 88 patients at an Australian hospital as "excellent," an inquiry heard Thursday.
The government inquiry is investigating how the surgeon, Jayant Patel, came to be employed at the rural Bundaberg Base Hospital as director of surgery for two years despite being cited for negligence in Oregon and New York.
Patel fled to the United States in April after claims of his medical negligence were raised in Queensland state parliament.
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