Dr Charlie Teo told patient she would be ‘dead by Friday’ if he didn’t operate, tribunal hears

'We never got the discussion that it could go badly,' the woman's husband told the HCCC hearing
Australian Associated Press
Dr Charlie Teo.
Dr Charlie Teo.

Dr Charlie Teo told a patient with brain cancer she would be “dead by Friday” if he did not operate on her tumour, a disciplinary hearing has heard. 

The woman’s husband told a Professional Standards Committee in Sydney she had described the neurosurgeon as ‘God’, but never regained consciousness after the operation.