Thursday, July 01, 2010

Jayant Patel on Suicide Watch

Jayant Patel, aka Doctor Death, was on Suicide Watch this morning prior to his sentencing for the manslaughter of three patients and grevious bodily harm for another. Is Suicide Watch being streamed on YouTube or is it another reality TV program on Channel 10 like Big Brother?

A sentence of seven years was handed down. Seven years for the loss of three lives? His defence lawyer said, "Patel had been subject to public shaming and humiliation as a result of negative publicity from the case. (He has) not lost just a career, but the publicity has sought to take away his reputation as a human being."

I'm hardly surprised that he's lost his job. But only seven years of his liberty? Give me a break. But not a leg. I wouldn't want to end up in a hospital where he might be working.

Patel. Thought that I might look up the caste name meaning. Apparently it means "headman" or "village chief". Interesting. Perhaps he shouldn't have been working on bowels and the like.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

His career is dead!!!

Hammy said...

His career is dead coz he's run out of patients.

Hammy said...

His conviction was overturned but he's been barred from practicing medicine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayant_Patel