It seems that bad surgeries don’t just happen in other countries.
Rhode Island Hospital has been fined $50,000 and reprimanded by the state Department of Health after its third instance this year of a doctor performing brain surgery in the wrong side of a patient’s head.
Three strikes you’re out, I guess.
The hospital is owned by Lifespan, a not-for-profit corporation. It serves as a teaching hospital for Brown University.
What are they teaching those kids?
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actually I am terribly afraid of this happening. I took M to the doctors the other day to get her knee and foot x-rayed. I repeated several times “LEFT” knee and “RIGHT” foot, and the nurse still had to double check with me later.
Just write it on her knee and foot with a sharpie, so there can be no mistake.
You sure it wasn’t RIGHT knee and LEFT foot?
Left eye and right elbow, what?
More like LEFT your wallet RIGHT on my desk.
Nooo, my LEFT and RIGHT eyes!!! WHY????