Surgeon who removed wrong kidney blames distractions

by PEP | July 2, 2008 at 04:33 am
248 views | 0 Recommendations | 2 comments

Photos

Surgeon who removed wrong kidney blames distractions

Surgeon who removed wrong kidney blames distractions

see larger image

uploaded by Caoimhin1

I'm supposed to have arm surgery soon. And the more I hear of stories like this, the more I swear I'm going to write on the correct arm!
A Methodist Hospital surgeon who mistakenly removed the wrong kidney from a cancer patient in March said he was distracted by beeper calls and other patients when he made the original mistake in the patient's chart, a state investigation has found.
Advertisement
recommend Sign In or Join to post comments
0
Jordan Yerman

Can you write YES on one arm and NO on the other?

0
PEP

That's one option. :)

closeSign in to NowPublic

is reporting from