Scotland announces public inquiry into disgraced doctor Sam Eljamel
by Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6EHRE)
Decision comes after decade-long campaign by ex-patients of neurosurgeon responsible for about 100 botched procedures
A full public inquiry will be held into the disgraced neurosurgeon Sam Eljamel, Scottish ministers have announced - the direct result of a decade-long fight by the doctor's patients for recognition of the harm done to them.
After the announcement, the patients expressed disappointment that the government response had taken so many years, while opposition parties accused the SNP government of a U-turn on its previous stance against such a move.
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