Prosecutors say the 59-year-old doctor lied to patients or exaggerated their risk of cancer to persuade them to have surgery. Hundreds of Paterson’s patients were recalled in 2012 after concerns about unnecessary or incomplete operations. Nine women and one man testified about the procedures during his trial, which dealt with surgeries between 1997 and 2011. RelatedOne patient, Frances Perks, who underwent an unnecessary mastectomy, hopes he “rots in hell.”“I think he’s a psychopath,” she said. “Paterson’s barbarous acts of cruelty have hugely impacted many hundreds of people,” she said.

Source: National Post April 28, 2017 18:45 UTC