Bad Surgeon: Love Under the Knife

Paolo Macchiarini, who aimed to revolutionize regenerative medicine in 2011 by implanting plastic windpipes in desperately ill patients, lied about his research and led to the deaths of three of those he treated and a fourth's artificial windpipe removal. A Swedish appeals court convicted him on Wednesday and sentenced him to two-and-a-half years in prison. He has denied any criminal wrongdoing. According to Associated Press, the Svea Court of Appeal ruled that two of the three patients who died did not require emergency intervention, while the procedure on the third was not justified. "Macchiarini realized the risk of the interventions would cause bodily harm and suffering and that he had been indifferent to the risks," the court is reported to have stated.