Lives ruined after their foot surgery went horribly wrong | 60 Minutes Australia

Amelia Adams meets patients who have been left in chronic pain and with life-long scars, after surgeries they wish they had never agreed to.
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Synopsis | Sole Destroying (2023)
When someone goes to a doctor or a surgeon for treatment, the expectation is they will be seen by a professional with a properly accredited medical qualification, right? Well, it’s hard to believe, but that’s not always the case. In Australia there’s a group of practitioners performing complicated operations who don’t have medical degrees.
They quite lawfully call themselves podiatric surgeons and they say they have their own special credentials which enable them to treat foot and ankle problems. But in this joint investigation with The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, Amelia Adams meets patients who have been left in chronic pain and with life-long scars, after surgeries they wish they had never agreed to.
VIDEO CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
01:38 Suzanne Hogan lost 3 centimetres off her right foot
02:16 Suzanne’s podiatric surgeon has no medical degree
02:44 Orthopaedic surgeon Dr David Lunz
04:40 Painful recovery from podiatric surgery
06:50 health risks of podiatric surgery
08:03 Chair of Podiatry Board of Australia Professor Cylie Williams
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