Bulletin: Freddy Patel: Families claim he botched post mortems of loved ones - and call for a public inquiry into coroner's system; BBC.

STORY: "Relatives call for Patel inquiry," by Andrew Hosken, published by the BBC on September 6, 2012.

GIST: "A group of families is calling for public inquiry into the controversial pathologist Dr Freddy Patel. At least four families claim Dr Patel mishandled the post mortem examinations of their loved ones and say that a review of Patel's case is the only way to restore confidence to the pathologists and coroners system. The General Medical Council (GMC) erased Dr Patel from the Medical Register last month for a series of bungled post mortems, including that of the newspaper vendor Ian Tomlinson at the G20 protests in April 2009. The GMC found that Dr Patel had made no fewer than 68 mistakes in that post mortem. The families interviewed by Today say their case for an inquiry has been reinforced by the criticisms of Dr Patel by the GMC's tribunal panel. The GMC concluded that Dr Patel was 'dishonest'; that he 'lacked insight' and had a "rigid mid-set", "a deep-seated attitudinal problem" and an "unwarranted belief" in his own abilities."

The entire story can be found at:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19485935

PUBLISHER'S NOTE:

I am monitoring this case. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog for reports on developments.

The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at:

http://www.thestar.com/topic/charlessmith

Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at:

http://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2011/05/charles-smith-blog-award-nominations.html

Please send any comments or information on other cases and issues of interest to the readers of this blog to: hlevy15@gmail.com

Harold Levy: Publisher; The Charles Smith Blog.