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Surgeon performs brain surgery on wrong patient (Kenya)
NY Daily News ^ | March 4, 2018 | David Boroff

Posted on 03/04/2018 8:16:58 PM PST by Innovative

A patient at a hospital in Kenya is "progressing well" after a doctor mistakenly performed brain surgery on him. The neurosurgeon who did the recent procedure and the CEO of the Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi were both suspended, according to the Guardian.

There was a mix-up between one patient who needed to have a blood clot removed and another who merely needed medication for a swollen head, the newspaper reported.

"The hospital deeply regrets this event and has done all it can to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the patient in question," the hospital said in a statement, according to the Guardian. It added that the patient was "in recovery" and "progressing well."

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


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Lesson: Don't go to Kenya for any brain problem, they may operate on you, by mistake, even if you do not need brain surgery.

Don't go to Kenya for brain surgery -- they will operate on someone else, not he/she who needs it.

1 posted on 03/04/2018 8:16:58 PM PST by Innovative
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Affirmative Actions fails, even when you get an entire continent of people from which to choose.


2 posted on 03/04/2018 8:19:58 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (The government cannot protect you and isn't even trying. Self-defense is a right.)
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I hate it when that happens.


3 posted on 03/04/2018 8:21:54 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (President Trump divides Americans . . . from anti-Americans.)
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That’s why you should label with a Sharpie: “Not this brain”, and “This brain”.


4 posted on 03/04/2018 8:24:39 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (President Trump divides Americans . . . from anti-Americans.)
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Ahhh! That is where the secret scar on Obunghole’s head came from!


5 posted on 03/04/2018 8:25:13 PM PST by Bikkuri
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I’ve met a few people with swollen heads. Opening their skulls and scrambling their brains might help.


6 posted on 03/04/2018 8:25:29 PM PST by PAR35
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Surgeon must have had a hole in his head...


7 posted on 03/04/2018 8:27:51 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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I once worked with two guys who were named Neal Bernard and Bernard Neal. They always got each others’ company mail left on their desks. Fortunately, neither had ever gone to Kenya.


8 posted on 03/04/2018 8:31:24 PM PST by FirstFlaBn
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There was a mix-up between one patient who needed to have a blood clot removed and another who merely needed medication for a swollen head, the newspaper reported.

I think the surgeon needed treatment for a swollen head.

9 posted on 03/04/2018 8:32:31 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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That’s why you should label with a Sharpie: “Not this brain”, and “This brain”.

I...I don't know. Abby someone.

10 posted on 03/04/2018 8:38:59 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: FirstFlaBn

I have a friend by the name of Dr Backman: Chiropractor.

The surgeon how worked on my shoulder several times had a business partner some years ago: Dr. Butcher, whose secretary was Susie Death row.

I knew Wilma Mankiller, Chief of the Cherokee Tribe. She lived by Lake Ten Killer.

Another friend of mine is Dr. Head, Psychiatrist.

I know some others and They are all true.


11 posted on 03/04/2018 8:42:45 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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.....good thing he didn’t performed
the normal procedure where they enter through the azz....


12 posted on 03/04/2018 8:46:13 PM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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13 posted on 03/04/2018 8:47:56 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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Obamacare


14 posted on 03/04/2018 8:48:06 PM PST by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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Lesson: Don't go to Kenya for any brain problem, they may operate on you, by mistake, even if you do not need brain surgery. Don't go to Kenya for brain surgery -- they will operate on someone else, not he/she who needs it.

Americans had no problem electing a Kenyan pResident. I think America at times is quite retarded.

15 posted on 03/04/2018 8:57:47 PM PST by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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16 posted on 03/04/2018 9:00:48 PM PST by Beowulf9
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“Americans had no problem electing a Kenyan pResident. I think America at times is quite retarded.”

Maybe those who voted for him had brain surgery done on them in Kenya.


17 posted on 03/04/2018 9:00:59 PM PST by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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The judge may rule that one of the nurses must have ‘obviously’ been a Secret Sorcerer or Witch and that she apparently recited an incantation which induced confusion amongst the surgery team.

Since it is next to conclusively prove which nurse is the guilty party, no one will be prosecuted, but the hospital will be fined.


18 posted on 03/04/2018 9:19:05 PM PST by lee martell
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Update and more info:

Doctor Performs Brain Surgery On Wrong Patient, Suspended Along With Accompanying Staff

http://www.ibtimes.com/doctor-performs-brain-surgery-wrong-patient-suspended-along-accompanying-staff-2659783


19 posted on 03/04/2018 10:35:43 PM PST by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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My husband went to a dentist named Butcher for a root canal...he really was a butcher and did the worst root canal ever.


20 posted on 03/04/2018 10:42:29 PM PST by Tammy8 (Please be a regular supporter of Free Republic !)
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