Paterson report: 11,000 women to be checked after ‘butchering’ surgery

Report into disgraced surgeon slams ‘culture of avoidance and denial’

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(Image credit: 2012 AFP)

More than 11,000 women treated by a surgeon jailed for performing botched and unnecessary operations will be called in to have their surgery assessed.

The checks follow a report that found a “culture of avoidance and denial” among medics allowed Ian Paterson to continue carrying out “needless” surgeries for a over a decade.

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