How respected Australian surgeon survived Saddam Hussain

By Greg Callaghan
Updated October 4 2014 - 7:43pm, first published 4:08pm
Dr Muderis tells his incredible story in Walking Free. Picture: TIM BAUER
Dr Muderis tells his incredible story in Walking Free. Picture: TIM BAUER

He refused a decree by Saddam Hussein to amputate the ears of Iraqi draft evaders, and wound up on a rickety boat to Australia. Now Dr Munjed Al Muderis is a pioneering surgeon giving amputees the ability to walk. By GREG CALLAGHAN.

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