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A DOCTOR was sent to Rio de Janeiro as a prize for recruiting the most patients to a trial for controversial mesh implants.
Athele Khunda was sent for four days to a medical conference in the * Brazilian city, where delegates were urged to relax and enjoy the sights.
Free laptops were also offered as *incentives for signing patients up.
Politicians yesterday demanded an immediate suspension of the Aberdeen SIMS trial after news of the incentives.
Labour shadow health secretary Neil Findlay said: “This is almost like a TV game show where the stakes for patients could be ending up in a wheelchair or *crippled for life.
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/mesh-surgery-scandal-fury-doctor-4762910
Athele Khunda was sent for four days to a medical conference in the * Brazilian city, where delegates were urged to relax and enjoy the sights.
Free laptops were also offered as *incentives for signing patients up.
Politicians yesterday demanded an immediate suspension of the Aberdeen SIMS trial after news of the incentives.
Labour shadow health secretary Neil Findlay said: “This is almost like a TV game show where the stakes for patients could be ending up in a wheelchair or *crippled for life.
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/mesh-surgery-scandal-fury-doctor-4762910