American surgeon Jayant Patel has been convicted of manslaughter in the deaths of three former patients in Australia.
A jury returned a guilty verdict Tuesday against the Indian-born doctor and U.S. citizen who worked in an Australian hospital between 2003 and 2005.
A U.S. Magistrate Judge in 2008 ordered that the 60-year-old Patel be sent from Oregon to Australia to stand trial.
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Beryl Crosby, a former patient of Patel's who heads a support group for those who say they were hurt by the doctor, said outside court that it was difficult to see Patel again. But she said it was a "huge relief" that the case was finally moving forward.
"I think it's going to be emotional all the way through," she said.
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