Hospital Mistakes, "Wrong-Site", “Wrong Person” Procedures Common

First Hospital makes a mistake; admitting they did something they shouldn't have done.  The Hospital mixed up two patients named Kerry.  The two Kerry’s are the same age. The doctor admits the other Kerry was supposed to have the CT scan, not you.

 

While no large studies have been done on mistakes lasting effects regarding the fetus of performing a CT scan to a pregnant woman's abdomen, experts say a fetus exposed to radiation can, in some cases, develop physical and mental growth

Five “wrong site” operations prompted a Providence R I. hospital to install cameras. That is five “wrong site” operations only since 2007.

This hospital received a $150,000 fine as punishment for last month's mistake, in which a surgeon operated on the wrong finger of a patient.  Then there is the information that a U.S. broadcaster reported as three separate brain surgeries done in the wrong body locations at this Rhode Island hospital in 2007.  Then he reported earlier this year a hospital surgeon operated on the wrong side of the mouth of a patient with a cleft palate.

(UPI) -- A Rhode Island hospital must install operating room video cameras after five "wrong-site" operations carried out there since 2007, officials say."Patient safety has always been, and remains, our No. 1 priority," hospital president and chief executive officer Dr. Timothy Babineau in a statement.