Exclusive Interview with Dr Charlie Teo: Genius or God Complex? 7NEWS Spotlight

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  • Subscribe and set 🔔 7news.link/SpotlightSubscribe | For decades Charlie Teo was lauded as one of the world's most brilliant brain surgeons. But that changed late last year following serious accusations about overcharging and offering patients false hope. Suddenly, the Rockstar Neurosurgeon found himself banished from Australian operating theaters.
    7 News Australia's Michael Usher spent the past three months following Dr Teo, as he awaited the findings of a Professional Standards inquiry that would decide his future.
    He found a complex man and no easy answers
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  • @miradamevska5887
    @miradamevska5887 ปีที่แล้ว +253

    Dr Teo extended my friends life for 10 years that no other surgeon was willing to even try, she saw her son and daughter grow into there early adult years that she would not have if not for Dr Teo.

    • @Kurious-Kat
      @Kurious-Kat ปีที่แล้ว +5

      🙏💜

    • @Joanna-vt8io
      @Joanna-vt8io ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I was crying watching this interview….Charlie Teo is definitely a hero! Shame on those who tarnished his reputation! Thanks Michael for this incredible interview!

    • @whoisthispianist194
      @whoisthispianist194 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      This is fantastic but it doesn’t undo the damage he did to other patients.

    • @Keepmywifesnameoutyafucknmouth
      @Keepmywifesnameoutyafucknmouth ปีที่แล้ว

      Shut up Miranda ❤

    • @WJN56
      @WJN56 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Why blame the brain surgeon, if its life and death, there is a chance of life you clutch at straws where there is life there is hope because of the condition they have they know they may not survive but there is a chance the surgeon can give them that chance they wish fot

  • @lisasattinger8144
    @lisasattinger8144 ปีที่แล้ว +186

    “11,000 operations, 2 complaints” Nothing but Tall Poppy Syndrome!!! When I met Dr Teo he was warm, confident and extremely likeable. This great Australian is a victim of narrow minded medical bullying. If I needed brain surgery I would find Charlie Teo who would “treat me like a member of [his] own family”.

    • @poinky8
      @poinky8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Those figures are garbage

    • @alNange
      @alNange ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Couldn’t have put it better myself mate

    • @mckenna9489
      @mckenna9489 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That's great thank you for sharing

    • @adenilzateixeira6529
      @adenilzateixeira6529 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I player for you Dr Teo 🙏🙏

    • @samt923
      @samt923 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      There are far more then 2 complaints

  • @zionhawk7942
    @zionhawk7942 ปีที่แล้ว +149

    He Saved both my brothers Lives!! Bad car accident! 1 passed away at the scene and both my brothers had life threatening injuries! It was years ago and I remember Dr Teo came to my parents and told them 'I AM GOING TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO SAVE THEM' and he did! He was our family's God sent Angel! Thank you so much Dr Teo. You blessed my family and I know you blessed thousands more!! Stay strong 🙌

    • @whoisthispianist194
      @whoisthispianist194 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I’m very sorry for all the trauma you’ve been through and I’m thrilled he saved your brothers. However our concern is the bad outcomes and the people he seriously injured.

    • @mypapaya590
      @mypapaya590 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I’m hearing both sides of the stories here.

  • @juliestannard5538
    @juliestannard5538 ปีที่แล้ว +189

    My husband was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2010. I sent the scans and all the info to Dr Teo - he got back to me to say the position of the cancer was inoperable and apologised he was unable to help, I was not charged for this. I can’t believe he would adopt a cowboy attitude and operate on other patients disregarding the consequences. Dr Teo stated he could not help but my husband endured three brain operations - 1 biopsy and two tumour dissections and steriotactic tumour dissection. If this brilliant, passionate man had alterior motives he would have at least tried to benefit financially from our interaction. God bless you Dr Teo

  • @timp9848
    @timp9848 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Adding my positive comment in support of the best neurosurgeon we ever had and will ever have in Australia.
    Charlie saved my mothers life, performed 3 brain tumor operations in 18 years, kept her alive, only charged her for her first operation, treated and cared for her like his own mother.
    I have known Charlie for over 20 years, he has been bullied ever since he started his practice in Sydney doing what he does best, remove complex tumors other unskilled surgeons can't remove.

  • @peacewarrior1175
    @peacewarrior1175 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    I used to be proud to be an Australian - but some of the decisions that have come out of this country in a variety of ways and on a variety of subjects in the last few years has made me ashamed to be Australian. What they did to Charlie Teo is a prime example of this

    • @CA-jt2tf
      @CA-jt2tf ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Shame on Australia....shame ahame shame....

    • @retrospecative2454
      @retrospecative2454 ปีที่แล้ว

      All they care about is you getting your vaccine

    • @adrianahalmi3337
      @adrianahalmi3337 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You spelled my words… in many many fields Australia has no respect for their own people… I am truly ashamed to call myself an Australian…

    • @MrWatshisface
      @MrWatshisface ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Tell that to the families of the patients he butchered (the DIPG cases and the case with the man who went blind).

    • @peacewarrior1175
      @peacewarrior1175 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@MrWatshisface with pleasure. There are always risks with surgery. Always. Perhaps the DPIG cases and the man should have stayed with a different surgeon. It was their choice and they signed the consent.

  • @kg7890
    @kg7890 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    I always wonder why Professor Chris O'Brien trusted Charlie Teo to operate on him when other neurosurgens told Prof O'Brien only had 3 months to live and refused to operate on him. Prof O'Brien lived for another 4 years. One of the things Prof O'Brien was grateful was he was alive to see his son graduated from police acadamy.

    • @khylerin70
      @khylerin70 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      My mother was employed in the head and neck ward of RPA throughout the 80s. Charlie and Chris had a FRIENDLY rivalry which wasn't toxic, it encouraged each other to excel, no more. Dr Packham was a senior VMO there at the time and frequently commented to the nursing unit manager of the ward how fortunate he, the staff and the public were to have two such promising young doctors in the wings to take up the responsibility down the track of the future.
      Ambulance chasing media and legal identities are also highly culpable in the current appalling present situation.

  • @tereseatkinson2043
    @tereseatkinson2043 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    11000 operations and 2 complaints. I would travel to Spain if i needed this kind of specialist. I would choose Charlie Teo.

  • @nickbangkok3365
    @nickbangkok3365 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    I've had potentially life ending cancer twice (pancreatic and stomach/esophagus), plus potentially life-ending complications due to some incompetence from the Thai surgeons that removed my stomach. Luckily the great people at the PA in Brisbane managed to save me. When it's the choice between life and death, I can tell you, you will choose the surgeon who says there's a chance. Nothing to lose. Especially, when it's a surgeon as skilled as Charlie Teo. We already have a lack of medical professionals in Australia and to treat this amazing man with such disrespect is an indictment on the Australian medical establishment.

    • @MummaMia5
      @MummaMia5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      1998 the PA hospital refused to operate on my pancreas to do a whipples operation because they said it was too risky so clearly your experience was very different to mine. They were happy to send me away because my prognosis was apparently so poor. I managed to pay another doctor privately and I’m still here. I don’t think much of the PA hospital at all obviously.

    • @nickbangkok3365
      @nickbangkok3365 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@MummaMia5 sorry to hear about that! Actually my Whipple was in Singapore in 2010. It did used to be an exceptionally dangerous procedure but the technology has increased dramatically in the last 10 - 15 years

    • @khylerin70
      @khylerin70 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Well said, if anybody is qualified to comment it's YOU. 👍
      May you enjoy a great life.

    • @cq9882
      @cq9882 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I hope your recovery is a good one. Your point is well made. It’s so easy for people to be armchair experts. Those same people have not been faced with the decisions you had to make. I am so glad you found what you needed at Brisbane PA. 🙏👏

    • @cq9882
      @cq9882 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@MummaMia5 Experience can be vastly different even within the same hospital. Sometimes with very similar challenges. I hope you are coping and getting better. It’s just all politics and the Patient is generally not put first at times.

  • @maryadriennemooreorless8479
    @maryadriennemooreorless8479 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    I could not love and admire this genius more if I tried.
    Bless you Charlie Teo. ❤🙏❤

  • @RajSharma-fb1tx
    @RajSharma-fb1tx ปีที่แล้ว +44

    He is true Australian who gives hope to dying patients with worse conditions that no other doctors have courage to do heads off Dr. Teo you are gem

  • @tereseatkinson2043
    @tereseatkinson2043 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    Criminal that we have lost this brilliant man.

    • @chalkandcheese1868
      @chalkandcheese1868 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Do you think he's the only neuro surgeon in Australia? They're other surgeons saving peoples lives and not doing it in a reckless way.

    • @tereseatkinson2043
      @tereseatkinson2043 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@chalkandcheese1868 then you can choose to go to the neurosurgeon of your choice. As I choose Charlie Teo. Simple.

    • @chalkandcheese1868
      @chalkandcheese1868 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tereseatkinson2043 Not anymore sweetheart.

    • @tereseatkinson2043
      @tereseatkinson2043 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@chalkandcheese1868 ❤️

    • @Olslowhand1
      @Olslowhand1 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@chalkandcheese1868 disgusting and misleading

  • @WJN56
    @WJN56 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    He is a very gifted surgeon and as upsetting it is, he can't save everyone. People can die with just under anethesitic this doctor has saved so many
    A great man

  • @elllekelly2215
    @elllekelly2215 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    40 years + 11,0000 Surgeries...
    Only 2 Malpractice Cases??
    Are you Kidding..
    He is a Genius..Surgeon's all have God Complexes..
    My brother is a CardiacThorasic Surgeon + just think about all the training + the years of Residency + what they must go through to become a Surgeon..
    They are all Geniuses..Smart, Driven, Egocentric + the Knowledge they have. .
    Give this Brilliant Man , Humanitarian, Professor his job back and help the thousands before they die...
    He is Saving Lives...Remember that..
    Give him the Tools to better himself + his practice...
    Give him a second chance..
    He states that he could have done things better + has learned from this experience...
    Give him a second chance...
    Stay the Path Dr.Charlie Teo...
    You have made a difference in so many of your patients lives!!
    Thank you!!

  • @davidjma7226
    @davidjma7226 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    11,000 ops and two complaints. Not a bad track record for a surgeon.

    • @mariahewitt9787
      @mariahewitt9787 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      What most people don't realise is, that you can die from minor surgery.
      Appendectomy, Tonsillectomy, dental surgery.
      Dr Teo is a brilliant surgeon.

    • @Kurious-Kat
      @Kurious-Kat ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Are there other doctors with such a brilliant track record.. SHAME on the medical authority and the government

    • @rebeccadoherty6022
      @rebeccadoherty6022 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Our loss.. how sad

    • @snoox27
      @snoox27 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's not 2

  • @kadachiman7234
    @kadachiman7234 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Too many people see arrogance when they witness someone that is supremely confident in what they do.
    If the need arises where I require surgery of any kind let alone an area that is obviously much higher risk, then I want a surgeon that is supremely confident in what he/she is doing, regardless of his/her demeanor as their attitude will not save my life, it is only their knowledge and skills that will save my life.

  • @simonsays6739
    @simonsays6739 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I worked for a doctor that was a teaching doctor but also in practice. He was really the best around and in the state. My family member went all over the state without the cancer being found until he saw the doctor I worked for, sadly it was way too late. I can tell you that the politics in the medical field are sickening. It’s jealousy of someone’s skill and their success as well as greed of the others because they aren’t as successful. I saw this happen to him and we lost a great doctor who truly cared for his patients.

  • @Tihotina
    @Tihotina ปีที่แล้ว +31

    It's so sad we lost such a brilliant surgeon , talented and compassionate doctor. So sad .

  • @lyndyloo675
    @lyndyloo675 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    What an absolute disgraceful outcome. Regardless of personality or ego I’d certainly want him to operate (god forbid the need) on myself or one of my family members. I feel for anyone who has been told that there is nothing else to be done.

  • @gregoryambres1897
    @gregoryambres1897 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    This noble doctor promises NOTHING, and OFFERS HOPE to people. The persecution against his practice is deplorable, and typical of the medical establishment. Kudos to you, Dr. Charlie Teo. 🏆

  • @bethtaig2443
    @bethtaig2443 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Charlie Teo is the most amazing & gifted Dr . So many people he’s helped. I don’t understand the brains of the medical professionals they are sickening

  • @angelapoulos-tp1ri
    @angelapoulos-tp1ri ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Just mind blowing how this could happen to someone who gives some hope. I’ve been under the knife many times by neurosurgeons who promised the world charged like wounded bulls and I’m still unable to walk as a 44 year old woman. Leave Dr Teo do what he does best and bugger off I say.

    • @cq9882
      @cq9882 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Well Said. 👏

  • @lexiiiwong
    @lexiiiwong ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Here to say one thing. On top of surgeries, Dr Teo also travels the globe for conferences and TEACH fellow neurosurgeons. I know a neurosurgeon who met Charlie and said he is a very very brilliant and talented neurosurgeon who is confident and extremely skilled at what he does. Such a shame that Australia lost such a talented doctor!

  • @rosemaryetherington8518
    @rosemaryetherington8518 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Love to you Dr. Teo. Suffering because of Australian tall poppy syndrome.

  • @lisasattinger8144
    @lisasattinger8144 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    He’s an eternal optimist. How wonderful to have that in a doctor. RESPECT!

  • @joannepowell8345
    @joannepowell8345 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I would always seek Charlie. No matter where he lives. Pure legend. ❤

    • @shamisodingani3331
      @shamisodingani3331 ปีที่แล้ว

      877. H😮😮😮😮😮😮😅😊😊😊

  • @alisv4817
    @alisv4817 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Charlie Teo is a pioneer in brain surgery. How can we improve in the medical field if we are holding back the best. Consider the numerous cases he could have saved. Go Charlie we will always be cheering you on ❤.

  • @conlomerate4841
    @conlomerate4841 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Can we just appreciate how great of a journalist Michael Usher is. He is probably the best in Australia in our lifetimes.

  • @marnidamoulakis3827
    @marnidamoulakis3827 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I’ve got nothing but respect for Dr Teo, if I needed brain surgery you best believe I’d find him

  • @nikkimclay5474
    @nikkimclay5474 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    It shows his character that hes willing to still go to India even though hes not allowed to operate

  • @bonniegould3319
    @bonniegould3319 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    It is called TALL POPPY SYNDROME, obviously an amazing man, brilliant surgeon. So let’s go after him. Good luck to Mr Charlie Teo💞🤞🏽🙏🏾

  • @michellejames4493
    @michellejames4493 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Charlie seems like a really good man - I think these people are jealous and intimidated by his skill - it’s the same in the media - build a star up, then chop them down publicly - the Australian healthcare system should be ashamed. Good luck Charlie 🙏😌💯

  • @nikkimclay5474
    @nikkimclay5474 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    That little boy looks like an angel, imagine all the Aussie kids being left to die now

  • @tanyamaree6432
    @tanyamaree6432 ปีที่แล้ว +132

    Shame on Australia treating this brilliant, compassionate surgeon this way!

    • @lameas66
      @lameas66 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He operated on the wrong side of someone's brain 🧠 apparently.

    • @mariahewitt9787
      @mariahewitt9787 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      ​@@lameas66
      Allegedly.

    • @lameas66
      @lameas66 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@mariahewitt9787 tbh no surgery is safe. And if he's got the skills, like he said, this is more a personal attack

    • @mariahewitt9787
      @mariahewitt9787 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@lameas66
      Excellent summary. You're a 100%correct.

    • @lameas66
      @lameas66 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@mariahewitt9787 dirty politics

  • @a_hsalem6314
    @a_hsalem6314 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    If a patient is going to die and is given hope and not certainty, I don’t see the problem. Dr Teo should be allowed to give these patients the hope. Why be so cruel to deny a dying patient that hope and right? This is just medical bureaucratic BS!!! Let the man do what he was destined to do and what he is good at for the patients that have little to no hope. Blessings Dr Teo for doing your life’s work with honesty and integrity and faith. 🙏

  • @debbiefreeman1182
    @debbiefreeman1182 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Incredible journalism and fantastic show of what a great man is. I thought it proved exactly that!

  • @thejourno4273
    @thejourno4273 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Isn't it interesting how his peers won't come out in public against him

  • @amandajanel6998
    @amandajanel6998 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    If he was thinking only of the money he would stay in Australia and do copious amounts of surgeries for other neuro conditions, aneurysms, peripheral nerve disorders etc but he isn’t. He is practicing patient centred care. These patients are wanting him to operate because he has advocated on their behalf.

  • @Moocaable
    @Moocaable ปีที่แล้ว +21

    He is the best there is. How is it fair to take away the right of Australians to choose him? If someone understands the risks and chooses to take them it should be their right. It is disgraceful that the option to choose him has been taken away. What a loss to our country.

    • @MattHalil-di9bv
      @MattHalil-di9bv 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Too much legislation and legal issues.
      It’s like saying why can’t unvaccinated still work in certain sectors. Simple reason no one wants to be accountable especially the medical system.
      It is what it is. In my opinion he should be allowed to operate anywhere but that’s not how it works

  • @ummyusufsadiiq7828
    @ummyusufsadiiq7828 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    11000 surgeries and 2 died this isn’t about this man’s negligence or lack of skill this is DEFINITELY because he’s offended his egocentric peers in the medical field.
    As if doctors at private hospitals don’t charge their patients an arm and leg for their services.

  • @billymack333
    @billymack333 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    Pure genius with the bravery to back it up. Helping people who have miserable lives or are facing imminent death with an opportunity to drastically improve quality of life. You don’t have to be a brain surgeon to understand that complex brain surgery comes with a serious risk of having severe damage or even death of the patient. He is not Jesus.

    • @cq9882
      @cq9882 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Absolutely, the media in addition to the boys club have been after Teo for a long time. To get headlines some media will say and do anything. 60 minutes is a scandal of journalism.

    • @svetlanazavialova6036
      @svetlanazavialova6036 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      FULL SUPPORT !!!!

  • @karenstandley597
    @karenstandley597 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    This is disgusting. We are losing a national treasure to China. If you don’t like him, no one is making you go to him. It is your choice. But now the choice has been taken away from many seriously ill patients. Shame, shame, shame!!!!

    • @42TheAnswer
      @42TheAnswer ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He operates in Spain, not China....

    • @bravewarrior1218
      @bravewarrior1218 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dr.Teo was born to Chinese-Singaporean parents who immigrated to Australia. He attended The Scots College and the University of New South Wales, graduating with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery in 1981.

    • @42TheAnswer
      @42TheAnswer ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bravewarrior1218 Yes but how are we loosing him to China? I was born in South Africa, however I work in Australia

    • @karenstandley597
      @karenstandley597 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@42TheAnswer I saw a news article that he was moving his practice to China.

    • @42TheAnswer
      @42TheAnswer ปีที่แล้ว

      @@karenstandley597 oh right, my apologies, I hadn't seen that article

  • @8888-9
    @8888-9 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Im a Dane residing in Australia and compare Australians in any Productive Industry with Europe save Research in the medical field, Australia sits on the very conservative side. It took a Danish Architect to think outside that conservative box to conceive the designs for Sydney's Opera House.
    A famed Asian Heart Surgeon who helped countless patients live was assasinated in this Golden Soiled Country .
    Paul Hogan an entepreneur in aussie comedy made Australia known world wide he was hounded and harrassed by our Government Departments.
    TALL POPPIE Syndrome .
    Do anything extraordinary think a bit different to mainstream - you better look for a new country caus Australians will cut you down!!!

    • @blossom7801
      @blossom7801 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      100%. What happened to Charlie Teo is unfairness, injustices and assasination by jealousy and TALL POPPIE Syndrome. It’s real . Australian can’t handle someone’s incredible talents and doing great things . I was bullied by line managers and jealous colleagues in Australia work industry, they lied and covered their wrong doings and did character assassination on me. In the end , people know who is who , what is what , it’s all rooted from Tall Poppies Syndrome.
      It is disgusting mentality that you have to cut the shining star down , so that you could feel above and superior or at least you could feel a level- up, instead of Rise up mentality.
      Professional industry in Australia myself ( social worker) and Charlie Teo with Asian looks face jealousy, tall poppies syndrome and glass ceiling. we simple do our best , be our best , it’s inevitable that the work we do is so good and impactful, we are liked and appreciated by the service users.
      We are very ethical and wholeheartedly committed to our work and effective outcomes, which expose their unethical and poor performances , this piss colleagues and superiors off. Therefore,They want us gone .
      Shame on you those group of people framed on Charlie Teo and this is their loss .

    • @ningdong8399
      @ningdong8399 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@blossom7801 me, too. I am not even a smart genius. They like people who do not think much or differently.

    • @ningdong8399
      @ningdong8399 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@blossom7801 They hate people who are smart or productive and would collude up to oust or demean someone smarter than them.

  • @leewilton5082
    @leewilton5082 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Dr Teo is a brilliant surgeon and outstanding human being. To see how he has been treated by our medical profession, is obscene. He helped a member of my family and I will always be grateful for his care and true professionalism. Our professional bodies are now controlled by too many bureaucrats with limited ability.

  • @sithlordhibiscus9936
    @sithlordhibiscus9936 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    He’s clearly helped more than harmed. One chooses to pay his prices. One chooses to have hope in him. It’s not like his OR is crawling with bugs. If I were in a position of certain death, I’d go to him.

  • @miss.melissaj
    @miss.melissaj 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Dr Charlie Teo is a hero! He allowed my brother-in-law to spend time he would not have had with his beautiful wife (my sister) and their 3 beautiful boys. He was the only hope he had and the only person who gave the whole family hope and showed compassion and availability as if he had no other patients to help, which is obviously not the case. I cannot thank him enough.

  • @kylier699
    @kylier699 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    What an amazing man. The world would be a better place if human life was valued over money, politics, greed. If every human life counted.

  • @Dandelion_flight
    @Dandelion_flight ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I have personally met three surgeons for a consult for a major surgery and two were not confident. I went with the one who had the confidence. It is true that for many of this brain tumor cases, most neurosurgeons would not have the confidence to undertake the challenge but Dr Teo does, even though he does not know how it may turn out and he knows the risks. At least there is a chance that the patient gets to live longer than the original prognosis, otherwise it is sure death. Thank you for making this video to show us the other side of the story.

  • @janeb6098
    @janeb6098 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    Go by his results. He clearly can do more than other neurosurgeons. And has saved or extended so many hundreds of lives. The results speak for themselves, I would have thought.

    • @blowitoutyourcunt7675
      @blowitoutyourcunt7675 ปีที่แล้ว

      So let him, in India... If they'll have them and allow him to practice, great!
      Clearly the numbers aren't adding up for Australia's National Healthcare System though.
      Some of us don't have a national health-care system to rely on and anything would be nice but demanding a certain surgeon/surgery seems like a bit too much privilege.
      Having had to make the choice to pull the plug to preserve dignity, I get it's not an easy decision but sometimes it's a decision you have to make.
      Bankrupting my family for brain surgery that has more risk than benefit is not in the cards and wouldn't be for most people have more brains than money.

    • @khylerin70
      @khylerin70 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It's a pure and undoubtedly simple case of "professional envy" , confidence is one thing, the knowledge retention and skill from it is something else altogether. Chris O'Brien and Charlie Teo's talent were undeniable yet the also ran's, the less talented chose to denigrate rather than emulate.
      Charlie Teo needn't answer to anyone, it's WE the public who are the ultimate arbiters of his performance, NOT his lesser cohorts.

  • @ozgal6929
    @ozgal6929 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    GENIUS and Beautiful Man. Shame on Australia 😠😠. I'm so disgusted in this joke of patriarchal medical community for vilifying this wonderful man. C'mon Australia, stand behind this brilliant surgeon. It may be your family members' life he saves.

  • @yafenmorks6194
    @yafenmorks6194 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    What a brave man!

  • @bigbellysally1073
    @bigbellysally1073 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    We love you Dr Teo ❤

  • @amandamccallum6796
    @amandamccallum6796 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This isn't his ego, ALL neurosurgeons have personalities that come off as arrogant at times because they are usually the smartest person in the room. This isn't his ego, it's the ego of all the other neurosurgeons. The money thing also bothers me because you can damn well bet other doctors have similar costs but for some reason the government and insurance companies aren't paying.
    I live in Ontario Canada and I have a rare genetic disorder called Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. There is a surgery on the neck that has helped people like me but no surgeon in Ontario will do the surgery. There was one surgeon who did it, with success in Toronto but 6/7 years ago he was sent to prison for killing his wife. We still don't have a surgeon willing to do this surgery and when we complain saying they haven't replaced this doctor they say they have a full staff and it's left those of us needing the surgery left in limbo.

  • @Kate-qw9er
    @Kate-qw9er ปีที่แล้ว +8

    He gave life when all Hope's were dashed, when people were told to go home and die...God works through this beautiful soul....Another good and compassionate man! This should not be happening to this good man, I pray for you every night🙏🫂🙏🫂🙏🫂🙏🫂🙏🫂🙏

  • @luurchify
    @luurchify ปีที่แล้ว +5

    No one is perfect and Charlie is only human. But if out of 11,000 cases, 10,998 come back saved, i would more than take my chances with Charlie!

  • @ejaynirvehc270
    @ejaynirvehc270 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Dr Teo is amazing! May justice be done someday! You are appreciated for all that you ever tried and did! 🙏🏽😢The brain is more complex than anyone would ever know, Dr Teo will always be highly regarded regardless what others higher can say! My mum died for an extremely aggressive brain tumor and I would have given anything to meet Dr Teo and give my mum a chance of life extension! I wish Dr Teo all the best and those agains him not so much! Harsh maybe but not harsh enough for what Dr Teo had to endure! Even if my life had to end due to a brain tumor, somehow I would still choose in a million time Dr Teo to operate on me! Wishing Dr Teo the very best in his future!

  • @783342
    @783342 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Charlie is right about other doctors. They are jealous, and as such are blocking him.

    • @davidjma7226
      @davidjma7226 ปีที่แล้ว

      Of course - that's what professionals do. The politics within the health sector are worse than any parliament!!

  • @matthall113
    @matthall113 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Dr teo is 100 percent correct! There is so much bullying and jealousy in the medical field it actually disgusts me on how much ego jealous doctors have! I know this for a fact! My husband is a trauma specialist and is an excellent doctor and he experiences this frequently..
    It makes me so angry and sick to my stomache!
    Its about saving as many lives as you can, not ego ffs!!!

    • @lynneburridge9082
      @lynneburridge9082 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Omg I am just shocked. Doctors are suppose to band together n live up to the Oath they took n that is to save LIVES. I am glad that they leave their differences to the side n do their jobs i.e. "saving lives". So sad for Dr Theo as he saved alot of lives n now cannot work in his own Country Australia.

  • @quanglam4580
    @quanglam4580 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    It's Australia's loss to not support Charlie Teo😢
    He is the best in his field period....
    Sometimes in life hope is all we have, and this man is the hope we need! Protect this man at all cost.

    • @chalkandcheese1868
      @chalkandcheese1868 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'd rather have a surgeon that does his job safely.

    • @phillipaclemons7261
      @phillipaclemons7261 ปีที่แล้ว

      Agree. I dislike surgeons who make sexually explicit remakes to other staff. Charlie Teo does this

  • @ritabarber9286
    @ritabarber9286 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    If I had a brain tumour I would be privileged. For Charlie Teo to do it.

  • @deniseorourke7235
    @deniseorourke7235 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    This is typical of Australian health care system
    People should have the right to choose even if that means signing a waiver absolving him of the outcome
    Of course the man is arrogant he has a extremely difficult job to do. If he went into surgery a dithering idiot unsure of himself the outcome would be questionable
    Shame on Australia’s medical system for bullying a man not just in Au but globally

  • @ngairemartin9753
    @ngairemartin9753 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    They say no hope but there is always hope.
    I love you Charlie.
    I'm so sorry this is happening to you.
    OXO

  • @makamurphy
    @makamurphy ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Australia's greatest loss, is Dr Teo... he saved so many, so many!

  • @eileenraman17
    @eileenraman17 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    God bless this amazing gifted man with God given hands , with a heart of gold, so sad what a waste for mankind with this restriction for Australians and other countries, 40 years of success all put in doubt, so unfair.

  • @mirandawrights3196
    @mirandawrights3196 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Shame on the media for not showing all his successes in the very beginning, it's a tragedy!

  • @ariunkaa1
    @ariunkaa1 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Amazing man! Thank you for all you have done❤

  • @karenm7449
    @karenm7449 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    I would still trust him if I needed brain surgery.

  • @hanb8737
    @hanb8737 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    It’s all about ego. No doctor wants to hear “I don’t want you to do my surgery- I want Charlie Teo” or “why can’t you do my surgery- Charlie Teo will” it’s as simple as that. He’s making everyone else look bad. I feel so bad for anyone who now has to travel overseas to get surgery from an Australian doctor.

    • @blossom7801
      @blossom7801 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What happened to Charlie Teo is unfairness, injustices and assasination by jealousy and TALL POPPIE Syndrome. It’s real . Australian can’t handle someone’s incredible talents and doing great things . I was bullied by line manager and jealous colleagues in Australia work industry, they lied and covered their wrong doings and did character assassination on me. In the end , people know who is who , what is what , it’s all rooted from Tall Poppies Syndrome.
      It is disgusting mentality that you have to cut the shining star down , so that you could feel above and superior or at least you could feel a level- up, instead of Rise up mentality.
      Professional industry in Australia myself ( social worker) and Charlie Teo with Asian looks face jealousy, tall poppies syndrome and the glass ceiling. we simple do our best , be our best , it’s inevitable that the work we do is so good and impactful, we are liked and appreciated by the service users.
      We are very ethical and wholeheartedly committed to our work and effective outcomes, which expose their unethical and poor performances , this piss colleagues and superiors off. Therefore,They want us gone .
      Shame on you those group of people framed on Charlie Teo and this is their loss .

    • @bellababooska4181
      @bellababooska4181 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@blossom7801 American here, just want to understand something. What is " Tall Poppie Syndrome " not trying to be rude or disrespectful. It's just not a saying here.

    • @blossom7801
      @blossom7801 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bellababooska4181 It is an Australian thing. What I love about Americans is that Americans embrace talent, unlike Australian. If one tall poppy stands out and outshines others, it would be cut down. Mainly, they can't stand someone, especially from an immigrant background or minority, outshining the majority. They tend to be sympathetic when you are less than them, but when you become you are above them and exceeding, then you are in trouble and will be cut down.

    • @bellababooska4181
      @bellababooska4181 ปีที่แล้ว

      @blossom7801 Thank you for explaining it. Very sad that they can't cherish someone. Being human is complicated enough without all the drama.

    • @hanb8737
      @hanb8737 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bellababooska4181 it’s when someone stands out for being an over achiever- people like to ‘cut them down’ and criticise them. It’s poppy as in the flower.. imagine a field of poppies and one stands out above the rest- people want to cut that tall poppy down.

  • @40950999
    @40950999 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Neither genius nor god complex…just a man trying to make the world a better place.

  • @lilitalia777
    @lilitalia777 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Praying for you, Dr. Teo 🙏

  • @TheDonz
    @TheDonz 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    He saved a friends life when no one else would. He still alive 20 years on, the guy is a true legend.

  • @rudymazar8666
    @rudymazar8666 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    My husband had 3 spine operations starting in 2005 and the cost of each operation was $ 100000 ..I don't think Dr. Teo's fees are that high for brain surgery. Thank God we had private health insurance

    • @evelynpretty2231
      @evelynpretty2231 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’ve had two spine surgeries in six months in 2016. For each operation my neurosurgeon and his team charged $86k alone, that is not including anything else. So my two surgeries were over $100k each. Also the reason for the second surgery was because my insurance deemed the third fusion and all that goes with it,unnecessary because I had “enough disc left”. So basically my insurance company was hopping that by the time surgery was needed for that third fusion, I would no longer have them as my insurance provider, that did not happen, as I had to have the second surgery six months later.

    • @rudymazar8666
      @rudymazar8666 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      not cheap....@@evelynpretty2231

  • @Appreciate2704
    @Appreciate2704 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Charlie .. ‘ you do you’ nothing more nothing less .. if ever I should need a neurosurgeon.. you would be my choice !! No matter where you are in the world .. ❤️‍🩹
    You do you .. 🙌❤️‍🩹🙌

  • @nikkimclay5474
    @nikkimclay5474 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    One or two people can destroy an excellent surgeons future

  • @Susie470
    @Susie470 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    With brain surgery, I still 50/50 chance. I would trust this man- period!

  • @TheMsChrisie
    @TheMsChrisie ปีที่แล้ว +6

    It's heartbreaking the little boy died. May his parents find peace in the midst of the grief.

    • @mariajordanova5533
      @mariajordanova5533 ปีที่แล้ว

      I did believe in him till I saw dr.Theo on some ?conference where he said"they going to die anyway so why not try"-?better say why not have money in the bank,,more children died despite parents paying a lot of money

  • @lesley.brennan10
    @lesley.brennan10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I think this great man is a wonderful human being I'm sure there is more people alive still because of charlie teo shame on Australia 🇦🇺 😢

  • @kiritaia5703
    @kiritaia5703 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I think this doctors,is soooooooo genuine, what a honest down to earth guy,i would trust him,for sre,and i dont have brain,injuries, hes humble,and honest,pple are jelous ,of him ,i like him ,hes orthentic,

  • @mockingjayvsongbird
    @mockingjayvsongbird 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    he saved my sisters life. 7th of august 2017 my sister had a brain tumor. charlie teo is an amazing man, and my family will never be able to repay him for saving my sister, now shes 23, happy, with a baby on the way.

  • @anthonywells6085
    @anthonywells6085 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    He has a gift. How low has the media become..

  • @stellagreen1816
    @stellagreen1816 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Thank you for bringing this fact to light, that we Australians must not be narrow-minded , like those other neurosurgeons , who were jealous of Dr Charlie Teo.
    Do we call this “ tall poppy syndrome “ ?
    What might happen if family or friends of those jealous neurosurgeons or medical field people, have brain tumours and no surgeon was capable to operate on them , will they ask Dr Charlie Teo?

  • @eddyng6067
    @eddyng6067 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Some people like stone not gem.but Teo is a gem in Australian medical field.

  • @sal4017
    @sal4017 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    thanks for this interview!

  • @Paochinblog
    @Paochinblog ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I hope none of the people who brought down a good surgeon ever have to face life and death situations that no surgeon has the guts to take the chances, it is extremely vulnerable when you sick and you need a good surgeon not facades

    • @tereseatkinson2043
      @tereseatkinson2043 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Absolutely

    • @stellagreen1816
      @stellagreen1816 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Totally agreed. There’s something called Karma !
      Good on you Dr Charlie Teo

  • @Anne_Onymous
    @Anne_Onymous ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The hypocrisy in the health care system is bizarre

  • @millyday
    @millyday ปีที่แล้ว +10

    There is room for everyone in the World!

    • @cq9882
      @cq9882 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ditto

    • @ritabarber9286
      @ritabarber9286 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes .But Dr C Teo is the best.God love him. XX.

    • @cq9882
      @cq9882 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ritabarber9286 True

  • @mickc6347
    @mickc6347 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I have had a lot to do with doctors over my 50+ years including watching my wife pass away over 6 years and working with a doctor that I drove to do a Television show weekly for 5 years that lost his medical license in the end . There are very few GOOD doctors like Dr Teo. I have not had a GP for the last 20 years. I hate doctors .

  • @adrianahalmi3337
    @adrianahalmi3337 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    One of the best neurosurgeon in Romania declared in his interviews that in every operation he did couldn’t have succeeded without God in the room… I was following Teo’s treatment in Australia for many many yrs… all they did is finding motives to destroy him… what a shame…!!!

  • @younggiftedandblack7634
    @younggiftedandblack7634 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    He needs to build his own neurosurgery hospital in Australia.

  • @MrAngkorborey
    @MrAngkorborey ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I solute you sir. Keep up the hard work.

  • @translucent8269
    @translucent8269 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I don’t know Dr Teo, but man! it’s difficult to watch what the man is going through right now given his position and what’s he’s done for the people. Where have we gone wrong Australia?

  • @lukas94494
    @lukas94494 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bless all those dear patients and Dr Charlie

  • @tateannaip2594
    @tateannaip2594 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    It said $50 000 went to his account, that is not really a huge amount as I know some plastic surgeons charge $20 000 for whole bodylift. And here we are talking about neurosurgery

  • @sarahwales6276
    @sarahwales6276 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Can't he just be a talented surgeon who is willing to operate on otherwise inoperable cancers?

    • @blowitoutyourcunt7675
      @blowitoutyourcunt7675 ปีที่แล้ว

      Absolutely! But not on the National Health! He is totally allowed to go his own way and do his own damn thing!

    • @Anne_Onymous
      @Anne_Onymous ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ExperimentaI vaccines = 👍
      ExperimentaI procedures on chiIdren = 👍
      Trying to help a terminal patient = 👎

  • @lisagfrerer9429
    @lisagfrerer9429 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Its very clear all the other neurosurgeons have very fragile ego's and just cant deal with the fact that he is so much better than them. End of story.

  • @snezray2324
    @snezray2324 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow this was eye-opening!!

  • @fredsalfa
    @fredsalfa ปีที่แล้ว +18

    To the hundreds of terminally ill people that died because Prof Teo was barred from doing anything to help them the Medical board should be held liable for their deaths

  • @sarahjeaneluna8547
    @sarahjeaneluna8547 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Truly the man is gifted. I don't think he is arrogant. The average man who isn't so good at anything is more arrogant.

  • @sarahissersohn5495
    @sarahissersohn5495 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Many doctors in the US will refuse to do a surgery, if they feel the odds are unfavorable, IE they will bring down their successful outcome stats, and will then affect the insurance rates they have to pay, to continue to practice. It’s obscene the extent to which profit motive and fear tactics so severely restrict patients’ available scope of options

  • @pennychoo3386
    @pennychoo3386 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Australian, you must rally behind this doctor to see he gets to practise his trade. Professional jealousy is present in every level of the medical profession. Don't allow this cruel condition placed on him to happen! Please, Australian ! Help him free him to practice and extend life for the complicated brain cases. We love you Charlie❤