High court upholds acquittal of doctor over girl's death

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuki Sato, a former doctor at Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital, attends a press conference in Tokyo on March 27 after the Tokyo High Court upheld a lower court decision to acquit him of negligence over the death of a 12-year-old girl following a mistake during a heart operation at the hospital in 2001. (Kyodo)

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