Doctors remove wrong kidney during surgery
A Minnesota patient underwent surgery to remove his cancerous kidney. The doctors did remove a kidney... but they removed the healthy one by mistake. The wrong kidney was identified for removal on a medical chart. As a matter of practice, the doctors double-checked the materials during surgery, and followed the (incorrect) medical chart to a tee. A pathologist noticed the error the day after surgery. The hospital made a full apology to the patient (who has decided to stay at the hospital) and his family. The surgeon involved has voluntarily stopped seeing patients.











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