Orthopaedist rebuked over performing bunion surgery without informed consent
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“Orthopaedist rebuked over performing bunion surgery without informed consent”
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“Medical Council finds Dr Daniel Wu guilty of performing unconventional syndesmosis procedure on patient without describing benefits and concerns”
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Wikipedia entries for General Medical Council, Mehmet Oz, and Nandipha Magudumana are unrelated to Dr. Daniel Wu's alleged misconduct regarding syndesmosis procedures.
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— The General Medical Council (GMC) is a public body that maintains the official register of medical practitioners within the United Kingdom. Its chief responsibility is to "protect, promote and maintai…
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— Mehmet Cengiz Oz (Turkish: Öz; mə-MET JENG-ghiz oz; Turkish: [mehˈmet dʒeɲˈɟiz øz]; born June 11, 1960), also known as Dr. Oz ( ), is an American television presenter, physician, author, educator, a…
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— Nandipha Magudumana (née Sekeleni), also known as Dr. Nandipha, is a South African former medical practitioner and celebrity doctor who graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand. Her medical …
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“An orthopaedist has been issued a public warning letter and reprimanded by Hong Kong’s medical watchdog after performing an unconventional bunion surgery without a patient’s informed consent”
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“The inquiry panel heard that the woman complained of left toe pain, swelling and a clawing deformity for months after her bunion surgery on November 20, 2018”
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Wikipedia entries for As-Suwayda offensive, No Nut November, and Gaza-Israel clashes (all November 2018 events) are unrelated to the patient's post-surgery symptoms.
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— The As-Suwayda offensive (August–November 2018) began on 6 August 2018, in rural areas of the Suwayda Governorate in southeast Syria after the Islamic State (IS) members committed a string of suicide …
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— No Nut November, also known as and abbreviated to NNN, is an annual internet challenge of sexual abstinence and not masturbating during the month of November. It originated in 2011 and grew in popula…
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— Gaza-Israel clashes began on 11 November 2018, when a botched Israeli covert operation carried out in the Khan Yunis area of the southern Gaza Strip killed seven Palestinian militants and one Israeli …
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“The council issued the gazetted warning letter and reprimanded the defendant for inconsistent descriptions in his paperwork and for providing incomplete information for the patient’s insurance form and fee note”
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“Wu is a registered orthopaedic and has been listed in the city’s Specialist Register for doctors since 1998”
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Wikipedia entries for Daniel Wu (actor) and City of Glass (film) mention 1998 but refer to his film debut, not medical registration as an orthopaedic specialist.
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— City of Glass (玻璃之城) is a 1998 Hong Kong romance film written and directed by Mabel Cheung and starring Leon Lai, Shu Qi, Nicola Cheung and Daniel Wu.
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— Daniel Neh-Tsu Wu (Chinese: 吳彥祖; born September 30, 1974) is a Hong Kong-American and Chinese actor. He is known as a "flexible and distinctive" leading actor in the Chinese language film industry. Si…
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— The following is a list of fictional characters from Michael Crichton's 1990 novel Jurassic Park, its 1995 sequel The Lost World, and their film adaptations, Jurassic Park (1993) and The Lost World: J…
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“The doctor founded the Centre for No-Bone-Breaking Bunion Surgery in Causeway Bay and specialises in syndesmosis procedure research”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to support the claim about Dr. Wu founding a bunion surgery center or specializing in syndesmosis research.
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