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jimnyc
05-22-2021, 11:06 AM
Imagine waking in horrible pain and profuse sweating. Inject some morphine to deal with the surgery I just had. A leg amputation, not much could be worse.

Except for maybe having both legs amputated. Imagine waking like that, and finding out that they screwed up and yanked off the wrong leg?

And amid all that pain and confusion, and now pissed off beyond belief - you have to get rolled right back into the OR to have the correct leg amputated.

All I know is that this hospital would be purchasing me the best of the best in bionic legs. And then maybe about $500 million for my troubles. :rolleyes:

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Man has wrong leg amputated in 'tragic' hospital mix-up

(CNN)An elderly man had the wrong leg amputated during surgery, a hospital in Austria has admitted.

The 82-year-old was due to have his left leg removed on Tuesday, but due to "human error" the right leg was amputated above the knee instead, the Freistadt Clinic said Friday.

The error occurred after a hospital worker mistakenly put a preoperative mark on the wrong leg, the hospital said.

"It was (Thursday) morning, in the course of the standard wound dressing change, that the tragic mistake, caused by human error, was discovered," said a statement from the clinic, which is located near Austria's border with the Czech Republic.

The patient was suffering from "numerous medical conditions" and ailments affected both his legs.
Following the mistake, the man needed to have the correct leg removed above the knee as well.

"A disastrous combination of circumstances led to the patient's right leg being amputated instead of his left," the hospital's statement said.

The man's family have been informed and psychological support has been offered to them, while the hospital has also sent the details of the incident to the region's public prosecutor.

"We would also like to affirm that we will be doing everything to unravel the case, to investigate all internal processes and critically analyze them. Any necessary steps will immediately be taken," the statement said.

The surgeon involved is not currently on duty, at her own request, it added.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/21/health/austria-amputation-wrong-leg-scli-intl/index.html

icansayit
05-22-2021, 06:36 PM
Many years ago. I heard a similar story (a joke) right here in Virginia.

A woman was taken to the hospital with a severe case of GANGRENE in her left leg.

The doctor told her. "We need to remove it or it will spread throughout the rest of your body."

So, in the Operating Room. They discovered...THEY REMOVED THE WRONG LEG, then, since she was still under anisthetics...they remove the Gangrene leg, leaving her with NO LEGS.

A month later. The woman sued the DOCTOR and The HOSPITAL in Court.

UNFORTUNATELY....The Judge THREW OUT THE CASE.

REASON?......She didn't have a LEG to stand on!:laugh: