2. Introduction
• Jayant Mukundray Patel:
-born on April 10, 1950
-a surgeon at Bundaberg Base
Hospital in Queensland, Australia
-in 2005 Patel was blamed for an
uncivilized act while working in
Bundaberg Base Hospital
3. Contd.
• was accused of showing incompetence at
work and on June 2010
• was condemned and announced as a
criminal on account of murdering three
innocent people and another for agonizing
harm to a patient
• Patel was held in jail for seven years
4. Background
• Patel was employed by Queensland
Health which is a government department
of health, under an "area of need
program”
• Patel in 2003 was promoted to the post of
Director of Surgery at the Bundaberg Base
Hospital without checking his prior
qualifications or credentials
• he was assigned even though he had no
expert knowledge
5. Contd.
• was the reason which explained his
incompetence as he was described by the
staff as "antiquated" and "sloppy".
• nurses were reported to have said that
whenever Patel was in the hospital they
specially hid their patients because he
demonstrated poor performance
• He did not maintain hygiene conditions
and the staff named him"Dr. Death"
6. Concerns Made Public
• a regular meeting held in Queensland
Health which holds "Question Time"
sessions.
• Stuart Copeland raised the topic of Patel’s
clinical practice
• Stuart Copeland was warned by Toni
Hoffman about Patel’s practices.
• Toni was a nurse practicing at Bundaberg
Base Hospital during those times
7. Patel Leaves
• After his suspension as Patel’s passport
was not taken into custody he left
Australia for Portland and was paid by
Queensland Health
• In 2007, Patel appeared in the sixty
minutes film produced by Stephen Rice in
the “Nine Network’s current affair
program”
• This got Jayant a lot of public attention
8. Extradition to Australia
• On 22 November, 2006 Patel was taken
into custody and jailed on the orders of a
magistrate who issued a warrant for
Patel's arrest and was exiled to Australia.
Patel was accused of three killings and
five charges of body harm and on 21 July
2008 was exiled to Australia
9. Consequences
• Political: As Queensland faced a police
inquiry on account of hiring an
incompetent doctor so obviously their
image and name was also affected. The
Queensland's Labour Party government
which is led by Peter Beattie also faced
problems because of this scandal. Then
Gordon Nuttall after some time quit his job
from his cabinet position as he was
charged of corruption.
10. Contd.
• Patients in Bundaberg: The unfortunate
patients who were examined by Patel
threatened and warned Queensland
Government for their inability of taking
necessary actions to control Patel’s
practices on time. More than a thousand
patients were treated by Patel and were
then retreated to undo the damages
11. Contd.
• Morris Inquiry: Beattie Government
summoned the “Bundaberg Hospital
Commission of Inquiry" in reply to Patel’s
case which attracted a lot of disapproval
from the public and the officials likewise.
Anthony Morris in the tenth of June
published an interim report which stated
that all things included Patel was innocent
and the charges against him were false.
The report was tabled in State Parliament.
12. Contd.
• The report suggested that Patel be released
of the previous charges and must be blamed
for one manslaughter, with causing
"a negligent act causing harm" to another
patient. Also the report included, Patel
charged with the crime of fraud as he
registered falsely in the Medical board of
Queensland hospital for practicing medicine.
It also involved Patel to be exiled and
suggested some amendments to the Medical
Practitioners Registration Act 2001.
13. Extradition
• Patel was taken into custody on 11 March
2008 by FBI agents. Patel presented
himself in the court earlier that day
declaring that he was unable to pay for a
lawyer and therefore appeared with a
court lawyer. The nurse who had provided
evidence against Patel named Toni
Hoffman responded to Patel’s arrest by
saying that "I am relieved he's been
arrested, but there's still a lot to go."
14. Aftermath
• Patel’s colleagues in Australia confirmed
that on a lot of instances they have
warned the administration of Patel’s
inabilities and his non hygienic practices.
All these confirmations were on aired in a
television documentary by CNN named
"They Called Him ‘Dr. Death’”.
