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Jun 26 2008, Sharmila Chakravorty

An Indian origin surgeon’s license has been suspended here after medical regulators found he removed the wrong lung from a patient and then tried to conceal the error. The New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners found Santusht Perera moved a...

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This undated photo provided Tuesday, March 11, 2008 by the Multnomah County, Wash. Sherrif’s Department shows Dr. Jayant Patel. Patel, charged with manslaughter in the deaths of three patients at an Australian hospital, plans to agree to extradition to...