UK university launches inquiry into links to work of controversial surgeon

University College London is now investigating its links with the work of Paolo Macchiarini, whose windpipe transplants led to a surgical scandal

It was the case of the superstar surgeon, the prestigious Swedish institute and the ill-fated windpipe transplants that escalated into allegations of misconduct, dismissal and a criminal investigation.

Now, a leading British university has launched an inquiry into its own links with the endeavours of Paolo Macchiarini, the surgeon at the centre of the trachea operations following which six patients died.