Dr Jayant Patel continues to go unchecked at Bundaberg Base Hospital. From botched surgeries and fatal errors to shocking breaches of basic hygiene, the human toll continues to rise.  

More staff raise their concerns, but hospital administration – focused on budgets and waiting list targets – do not intervene.  

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