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Pantula SRK Sastry   (9 June 2007)

good old days of no cure no pay 9 June 2007
Pantula SRK Sastry, Locum Consultant St,James's Hospital, LS9 7TF Send response to journal: Re: good old days of no cure no pay	Dear Sir or Madam, this sounds to me very similar to the good old days of no cure no pay of doctor fees. The same has been condemned as unethical practice ages ago; by extension of this if a surgery is not successful would the surgeon be made to pay the cost back to the patient? Dr.Sastry Competing interests: None declared