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| | Patel actually saved five lives: audit - The Nation - Breaking News 24/7 - NEWS.com.au (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | But after seeing a series of hospital charts, Dr Miach yesterday admitted under cross-examination that medical staff were aware diabetic Marilyn Daisy had had a leg amputated and tended to her two days after the operation, with Dr Patel visiting her six days after that. |
 | | However, Dr Miach, the hospital's director of medicine, reiterated the fact that the sutures in Ms Daisy's leg had remained there until he sent her to Brisbane, six weeks after the operation, and that painful surgery was required to remove them. |
 | | Dr Miach was not properly registered as a specialist, and the audit report recommends further examination of his use of a specialist level Medicare provider number. |
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