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Doctors performed brain surgery...................................................on wrong patient

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March 04, 2018, 11:35 PM
12131
Doctors performed brain surgery...................................................on wrong patient
Well, I guess US doctors are not the only ones who screw up. Razz


http://start.att.net/news/read...ospital_m-rnewsernor

Wrong Patient Gets Brain Surgery Due To Hospital Mix-Up

Newser — Michael Harthorne


Doctors at a hospital in Kenya were two hours into brain surgery to remove a patient's blood clot when they discovered to their shock there was no clot, the Daily Nation reports.

They had the wrong patient. According to the BBC, the patient they were operating on simply needed non-invasive treatment for swelling. Both patients were brought into the Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi unconscious last Sunday.

Reports blame the patients' identification tags being switched around for the mix-up. Hospital CEO Lily Koros says the hospital "deeply regrets this event and has done all it can to ensure the safety and well-being of the patient in question."

Koros announced the suspension of a neurosurgeon, ward nurse, theater receiving nurse, and anaesthetist in response to the mix-up.

But the doctors' union says blaming "overwhelmed" staff isn't the right response, Reuters reports. “Doctors are overwhelmed," union head Ouma Oluga says. "You find one doctor could be doing 10 to 19 operations [in a day]." The Kenyan health minister later announced Koros had also been suspended. There was public outrage over the incident at the hospital, which was already under scrutiny after new mothers claimed they were sexually assaulted there. Regulators are planning a hearing. The patient who underwent brain surgery is recovering. In a twist, the patient who actually has a blood clot may not get surgery after all because their condition has improved.


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March 04, 2018, 11:43 PM
Balzé Halzé
quote:
Originally posted by 12131:
In a twist, the patient who actually has a blood clot may not get surgery after all because their condition has improved.


Oh, is there more than one? Roll Eyes (Sorry, just a huge pet peeve of mine)

But seriously, remind me never to have surgery in Kenya. Check that...in Africa.


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March 04, 2018, 11:48 PM
TexasScrub
So they forgot to do the timeout? Does Kenya have a time out procedure? Nevermind, that's rhetorical I suppose.


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March 04, 2018, 11:54 PM
SapperSteel
quote:
Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
quote:
Originally posted by 12131:
In a twist, the patient who actually has a blood clot may not get surgery after all because their condition has improved.


Oh, is there more than one? Roll Eyes (Sorry, just a huge pet peeve of mine)

But seriously, remind me never to have surgery in Kenya. Check that...in Africa.


I'm guessing that the press didn't want to reveal the gender of the patient, so rather than saying "his" or "her", they went with "their".


Thanks,

Sap
March 05, 2018, 12:09 AM
Balzé Halzé
quote:
Originally posted by SapperSteel:
quote:
Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
quote:
Originally posted by 12131:
In a twist, the patient who actually has a blood clot may not get surgery after all because their condition has improved.


Oh, is there more than one? Roll Eyes (Sorry, just a huge pet peeve of mine)

But seriously, remind me never to have surgery in Kenya. Check that...in Africa.


I'm guessing that the press didn't want to reveal the gender of the patient, so rather than saying "his" or "her", they went with "their".


I know. I absolutely hate the prevalence of that practice, particularly in writing.

But like I said, it's a pet peeve. Not necessarily wrong in today's English. (Though I think it's wrong)

Anyway, back to the topic at hand. What kind of malpractice payouts do you think a patient might receive in Kenya? If any.


~Alan
Acta Non Verba
NRA Life Member (Patron)
God, Family, Guns, Country

Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan

March 05, 2018, 12:24 AM
12131
quote:
Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
quote:
Originally posted by SapperSteel:
quote:
Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
quote:
Originally posted by 12131:
In a twist, the patient who actually has a blood clot may not get surgery after all because their condition has improved.


Oh, is there more than one? Roll Eyes (Sorry, just a huge pet peeve of mine)

But seriously, remind me never to have surgery in Kenya. Check that...in Africa.


I'm guessing that the press didn't want to reveal the gender of the patient, so rather than saying "his" or "her", they went with "their".


I know. I absolutely hate the prevalence of that practice, particularly in writing.

But like I said, it's a pet peeve. Not necessarily wrong in today's English. (Though I think it's wrong)

Anyway, back to the topic at hand. What kind of malpractice payouts do you think a patient might receive in Kenya? If any.

Patient probably thanked the docs in this case that they didn't kill him, then went on his merry way.


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March 05, 2018, 12:44 AM
Scott in NCal
TIA. This is Africa
March 05, 2018, 01:36 AM
Echtermetzger
they all look alike wouldn't be an acceptable excuse either.


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March 05, 2018, 05:46 AM
arfmel
quote:
what kind of malpractice payouts do you think a patient might receive in Kenya


Perhaps a small discount to the surgery bill.
March 05, 2018, 06:41 AM
Eponym
quote:
Originally posted by 12131:
Well, I guess US doctors are not the only ones who screw up. Razz


March 05, 2018, 07:42 AM
JALLEN
Why do you think Obama moved here?



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March 05, 2018, 08:17 AM
Doc H.
quote:
Originally posted by 12131:
quote:
Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
quote:
Originally posted by SapperSteel:
quote:
Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
quote:
Originally posted by 12131:
In a twist, the patient who actually has a blood clot may not get surgery after all because their condition has improved.


Oh, is there more than one? Roll Eyes (Sorry, just a huge pet peeve of mine)

But seriously, remind me never to have surgery in Kenya. Check that...in Africa.


I'm guessing that the press didn't want to reveal the gender of the patient, so rather than saying "his" or "her", they went with "their".


I know. I absolutely hate the prevalence of that practice, particularly in writing.

But like I said, it's a pet peeve. Not necessarily wrong in today's English. (Though I think it's wrong)

Anyway, back to the topic at hand. What kind of malpractice payouts do you think a patient might receive in Kenya? If any.

Patient probably thanked the docs in this case that they didn't kill him, then went on his merry way.


Well, probably not merry....


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March 05, 2018, 08:51 AM
tacfoley
quote:
Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:Anyway, back to the topic at hand. What kind of malpractice payouts do you think a patient might receive in Kenya? If any.


Could go as high as twenty shillings...

tac
March 05, 2018, 10:11 AM
shovelhead
I was going to say two goats and a half dozen chickens......


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March 05, 2018, 10:19 AM
ChuckWall
quote:
Originally posted by arfmel:
quote:
what kind of malpractice payouts do you think a patient might receive in Kenya


Perhaps a small discount to the surgery bill.


I hear goats make a nice settlement. A bit of goat with plantains, umm. Although prying the Muslim off them may cause some cultural problems.


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March 05, 2018, 12:00 PM
msfzoe
Nurse enters male patient's room with a steaming pan of water.
Loud screams follow.
Doctor than says, "No, no nurse, I said to prick his boil."
March 05, 2018, 12:02 PM
SevenPlusOne
quote:
Originally posted by JALLEN:
Why do you think Obama moved here?

Brain surgery? I think they fucked up...




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March 05, 2018, 01:04 PM
bigdeal
Personally, "brain surgery" and "Kenya" seem like a really bad idea when when taken together.


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March 05, 2018, 07:17 PM
roarindan
We had a "doctor" up here that removed the wrong leg....on two different people!!


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March 05, 2018, 08:15 PM
Oat_Action_Man
quote:
Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
quote:
Originally posted by SapperSteel:
quote:
Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
quote:
Originally posted by 12131:
In a twist, the patient who actually has a blood clot may not get surgery after all because their condition has improved.


Oh, is there more than one? Roll Eyes (Sorry, just a huge pet peeve of mine)

But seriously, remind me never to have surgery in Kenya. Check that...in Africa.


I'm guessing that the press didn't want to reveal the gender of the patient, so rather than saying "his" or "her", they went with "their".


I know. I absolutely hate the prevalence of that practice, particularly in writing.

But like I said, it's a pet peeve. Not necessarily wrong in today's English. (Though I think it's wrong)



They as a gender-neutral pronoun or as used when no gender was specified for the antecedent is hundreds of years old in English, going back essentially to Middle English. Renowned English authors (i.e. the King's English English) have used it.

It's a fine and upstanding pronoun and extremely useful.


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