
Indian-born US surgeon Jayant Patel, who is facing charges of fraud, multiple manslaughter and grievous bodily harm in Australia, may be extradited from the US with the process having being 8220;confidentially8221; approved.
The move will trigger an arrest in Oregon, his home town in the US, The Australian newspaper said.
Sources informed the newspaper on Tuesday that the signing of the paperwork for Patel8217;s extradition was the most significant development to date in the bid to have him returned to Brisbane for a criminal trial.
It has been more than two years since the alleged fraud and negligence of Patel were exposed, and 18 months since a Royal Commission-style inquiry linked him to 17 deaths during his two years as director of surgery at Bundaberg Hospital.