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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Matthew Cooper

Ian Paterson inquests told mother-of-two was not given ‘safest’ treatment

Jailed breast surgeon Ian Paterson (Joe Giddens/PA) - (PA Wire)

A mother-of-two operated on by breast surgeon Ian Paterson was not told that other medical experts believed treatment he recommended was not the safest option, an inquest has heard.

The third of 62 inquests being held on patients of Paterson, who is serving a 20-year sentence for wounding, was told Christine Baker died aged 59 in 2015, after putting her trust in his advice to have a “skin-sparing” mastectomy in 2005.

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