Sun, Jul 20 10:53 AM
Melbourne, July 20 (PTI) US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has approved the extradition of Indian American doctor Jayant Patel who is expected to arrive in Australia tomorrow to face manslaughter charges linked to several botched surgeries. Patel, 58, will handed over by US marshals to two Queensland detectives in Los Angeles, a day before the July 21 deadline set by the US District Court judge in Oregon for his extradition, failing which he would have been released on strict bail conditions.
Dubbed as "Dr Death" by the media in Australia, Patel, who hails from Gujarat, facing 13 charges, including manslaughter for the death of three of his patients, stemming from his time as director of surgery at the Bundaberg Base Hospital in Australia's Queensland province from 2003 to 2005 and could get a maximum of life imprisonment. Queensland Premier Anna Bligh said today Rice had signed off on Patel's extradition.
The surgeon will accompanied by Australian detective on board a Brisbane-bound Qantas flight. Bligh said she has no concerns about a looming deadline for the extradition.
"We have no concerns about any problems with the deadline, all of the advice we have is that this process in on track," she was quoted as saying by news.Com on its website.
"The US authorities have advised that the process is proceeding. We're confident that he will be back in the country in the next few days, and when that's known that will become public," Bligh said.
Patel was shifted to LA's Metropolitan Detention Centre on July 15 from Portland's Multnomah County Jail where he has been held since his arrest on March 11. PTI.
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