An investigation into allegations that Jayant Patel , an American - trained surgeon , was responsible for the deaths of more than 80 patients during the two years he worked in a rural hospital in the Australian state of Queensland , has been halted .
Jayant Patel /people/person/place_lived Queensland
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Jayant Patel
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Queensland
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