‘I did the wrong thing’: Dr Charlie Teo admits mistake but rubbishes claim he was negligent
The neurosurgeon 'deliberately' gave untruthful evidence to the inquiry into two catastrophic brain surgeries
Neurosurgeon Charlie Teo has said he was potentially “too radical” with an operation he performed that left a woman with severe brain damage.Â
Dr Teo said that in hindsight he would do differently two surgeries that are now the focus of disciplinary hearings of the Health Care Complaints Commission in Sydney.
In the case of one female patient who was left in an essentially vegetative state, he told the hearing it was plain from the outcome that he had made the wrong decision.
“I did the wrong thing. I obviously did the wrong thing by the patient,” he said.
