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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Andrew Gregory Health editor

1,500 more patients of jailed breast surgeon Ian Paterson recalled

Ian Paterson.
Ian Paterson was jailed for 20 years in 2017 for 17 counts of wounding people with intent after subjecting more than 1,000 patients to unnecessary operations. Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA

Health officials are recalling a further 1,500 patients of the jailed breast surgeon Ian Paterson, more than two decades after he treated them, after the discovery of an old IT database.

Paterson was jailed for 20 years in 2017 for 17 counts of wounding people with intent after he subjected more than 1,000 patients to unnecessary and damaging operations over 14 years.

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