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Israeli surgeon accused of killing two patients
BMJ 2000; 320 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.320.7245.1292 (Published 13 May 2000) Cite this as: BMJ 2000;320:1292
- Judy Siegel Itzkovich
- Jerusalem
A 63 year old Israeli surgeon has been indicted for allegedly killing two 80 year old patients in 1995 and on more than a dozen counts of alleged medical negligence, bribe taking, and extortion while working as chief of cardiothoracic surgery at Tel Aviv's Ichilov Hospital. It is the first time in Israel that a doctor has been brought to trial on charges of killing his patients.
The health ministry set up a committee to decide whether to suspend …
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