To some Dr Charlie Teo is a risk-taking, lifesaving neurosurgeon, willing to take on the medical establishment in order to offer operations most doctors would refuse. 

Others believe he has given families false hope and performed expensive operations that were never going to have success. 

In this week's Please Explain, The Sydney Morning Herald's Kate McClymont discusses what she discovered in her investigation into Dr Teo.

To some Dr Charlie Teo is a risk-taking, lifesaving neurosurgeon, willing to take on the medical establishment in order to offer operations most doctors would refuse. 
Others believe he has given families false hope and performed expensive operations that were never going to have success. 
In this week's Please Explain, The Sydney Morning Herald's Kate McClymont discusses what she discovered in her investigation into Dr Teo.

The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition

The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

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