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A surgeon found guilty of botching three operations, including stapling a women's bowel to her vaginal wall, has given up his battle to keep his name secret.
Fijian-trained doctor Samiuela Kueli Tonga is still operating as a locum surgeon at Auckland Hospital.
Tonga was found guilty of professional misconduct by the Health Practitioners' Disciplinary Tribunal in 2005 in relation to three botched operations he performed in Timaru between 2001 and 2003.
