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BEST OF: The surgeon stabbed in his own hospital

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You're listening to the Best Of series of How I Survived...We'll be back soon with season 4.Victorian neurosurgeon Dr Michael Wong was stabbed at the hospital where he worked 14 times by a former patient, Kareem Al-Salami. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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