Dr Charlie Teo denies futile surgery on people with inoperable brainstem tumours
An investigation by Nine Newspapers and 60 Minutes has raised questions over his patient selection criteria
Dr Charlie Teo has rubbished allegations he performed surgery on children with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, a tumour other surgeons consider inoperable because of the high risk of catastrophic injury.
In an interview aired on 60 Minutes on Sunday night, Prasanta Barman said the neurosurgeon had promised his four-year-old son Mikolaj could be cured with surgery.
