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    TWISTED DOCTOR HE PARALYSED his patients

    Oct 06, 2021 3 minutes
    Compiled by April Glover

    When Mary Efurd walked into a spinal clinic one day in 2012, she desperately hoped a doctor would be able to fix her chronic back pain.

    The 74-year-old was introduced to neurosurgeon Christopher Duntsch, and he vowed to do just that.

    The son of a Christian missionary father and a school teacher mother, he was educated at some of the best universities, had sparkling references from senior surgeons, and had been offered top jobs at several hospitals.

    So Mary should have been

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