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Surgeon faces trial for lying about his experience in keyhole technique

BMJ 2017; 356 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.j513 (Published 30 January 2017) Cite this as: BMJ 2017;356:j513
  1. Clare Dyer
  1. The BMJ

A surgeon is to stand trial accused of lying about his experience in order to get a job as a consultant specialising in keyhole bowel surgery.

Sudip Sarker, 47, has been charged with fraud by misrepresentation after allegedly lying on his CV and at interview about the number of keyhole operations he had performed.

Sarker was ordered to appear …

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