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Dr Charlie Teo will face a second day of questioning by a medical complaints board, having up to now defended his resolution to carry out two finally catastrophic surgical procedures.
The famend neurosurgeon is the topic of a listening to by the Well being Care Complaints Fee, over considerations together with that he supplied sufferers false hope relating to their probability of survival.
Beneath questioning from the fee’s counsel Kate Richardson SC on Thursday about why he disagreed with the proof of different specialists, Dr Teo struck a defiant tone extolling his experience.
He stated he wouldn’t count on fellow neurologists Professor Bryant Stokes and Affiliate Professor Andrew Morokoff to know as a lot about brainstem tumors as he did as a result of it wasn’t their specialty.
“It is not simply studying a mind scan, it is the nuances of a ‘sub-sub-specialty’,” he stated.
“I’ve extra expertise with brainstem tumors and surgical procedure thereof than virtually anybody on the planet.”
At occasions the controversial surgeon grew to become annoyed by Ms Richardson’s questioning.
“I do not blame you for being confused… but it surely’s what I do for a residing,” he informed her.
The inquiry heard that Dr Teo informed a affected person she had a 5 p.c probability of a devastating final result corresponding to loss of life, locked in syndrome, or full paralysis.
“5 per cent threat of a foul final result, means a 95 per cent probability of an inexpensive final result,” he stated.
In August 2021, the NSW Medical Council restrained Dr Teo from working with out the approval of one other physician after an investigation by the state’s well being care complaints fee.
He has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.
