Who is Dr. Paolo Macchiarini, what did he do and where is he now?
manchestereveningnews.co.ukNetflix's latest true crime offering explores the life of disgraced Italian surgeon, Dr Paolo Macchiarini. Once considered a pioneer in his field of thoracic surgery, Swiss-born Macchiarini invented a game-changing transplant operation involving plastic windpipes infused with stem cells.
But his life began to unravel as it soon become clear not everything was as it seemed. Macchiarini was treated like a celebrity and lived lavishly — but a pattern was emerging: His patients kept dying after their transplant surgeries.
Macchiarini suggested this was just the nature of such an experimental surgery, but as the deaths stacked up — nearly all of his transplant patients died — skeptics began to investigate him. READ MORE: Netflix fans hit out at 'weird' and 'unnecessary' scene in new Christmas film READ MORE: Sofia Vergara fans make prediction as actress stars in new Netflix project They uncovered evidence of misconduct, fraud, and manipulation.
When journalists brought evidence to the prestigious Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, where Macchiarini worked, the institute negated the allegations and defended him.
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