A leading Sydney orthopaedic surgeon claims reports his patients were left with maggots in their skin or had to cut off a growth with a kitchen knife were false and defamatory.
In a Federal Court defamation suit launched on Friday, Dr Munjed Al Muderis says Nine engaged in a "campaign of denigration" against him, and fervently denied reports he offered substandard medical care to patients or left them wheelchair-bound or in excruciating pain.
