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Police investigate NHS surgeon

British police have opened an investigation into the deaths of a number of patients who were under the care of a surgeon suspended from work amid concerns over safety, reports [s]The Independent[/s]. [b]Sudip Sarker[/b] was excluded by the [b]Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust[/b] in October 2012 under the urgent advice of the [b]Royal College of Surgeons[/b], which had been called in to investigate his clinical practice.
[link url=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/police-looking-into-deaths-of-patients-under-nhs-surgeon-sudip-sarker-9145534.html]Full report in The Independent[/link]

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