Ever wonder if some democrats pick their surgeons the same way they pick their presidents?
Posted on 09/04/2024 4:14:52 PM PDT by george76
It’s every tomophobians’ worst nightmare.
According to multiple reports, an alleged interstate case of a medical procedure going horrifically wrong has the family of the deceased accusing the doctor of gross malpractice.
William Bryan, a resident of Muscle Shoals, Alabama.. reportedly died after a Florida surgeon removed the wrong organ during an operation.
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Bryan was taken to Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast Hospital in Walton County, Florida, on Aug. 18.
What happened next was, as the Bryan family’s attorney, Joe Zarzaur, put it, “one of the most egregious cases of medical malpractice that I’ve ever been involved with.”
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The Bryans were reportedly “reluctant” to go through with the procedure, and considered traveling back home to Alabama for the surgery. But the family lawyer claimed that the general surgeon, Dr. Thomas Shaknovsky, and the hospital’s chief medical officer, Dr. Christopher Bacani, successfully convinced the family to stay for the procedure.
The Journal chronicled: “Shaknovsky proceeded with a hand-assisted laparoscopic splenectomy procedure.”
The issue arose when the doctor removed an organ that was decidedly not a spleen.
“During the operation, Shaknovsky removed Bryan’s liver and, in so doing, transected the major vasculature supplying the liver, causing immediate and catastrophic blood loss that resulted in Bill Bryan’s death
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Perhaps even more alarmingly .. that Shaknovsky didn’t even notice the blatant surgical error at first.
The doctor reportedly labeled the removed liver as a “spleen.”
Zarzaur himself felt that the facts of this case were “so egregious,”
(Excerpt) Read more at westernjournal.com ...
The guy was a colorectal surgeon! He had no business performing such a surgery. I hope the victim’s family sues him and the hospital for everything!
Florida DOH info does not list him as a surgeon but as an osteopathic physician. Maybe he has another license from out of state.
Reminds me of Rush Limbaugh.
The Fl DOH site does not list him a surgeon but as a D.O. The other doctor is listed as an internal medicine physician and an Anesthesiologist.
Wow!
This dude performed surgery on me!
In February, I had a procedure performed by Dr. Shaknovsky. He did a great job, he’s an Army Reservist, and a great person.
Probably a DEI doctor, or something.
The Department of Health info does not list any surgery training for him. Simply has him as a physician.
I hope we didn’t pay for this “doctor’s” college “diploma.”
. He is accepting new patients.
Heh. Even a carpenter knows a hot spleen and a cold liver are both bad mojo.
Do they need a carpenter? lol
..and to you also. My brother had his surgery at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital. They have a large statue of her on the top of the hospital and light the statue up every time they perform a transplant. They had a very high recovery rate. My brother eventually learned who his donor was. Amazing they shared quite a few things in common including hunting and fishing.
On the other hand, the best docs I had have been osteopaths.
They get the same education an MD gets, just with an emphasis on whole body health.
He’ll need them. I imagine the current ones are thinking about getting another doctor.
From Medical News Today: Shaknovsky birthdate is 1982, has 15 years experience. Speaks fluent Russian. Midwestern University graduate 2009 for his undergraduate degree. Looks like a foreign exchange student. Possibly decided to stay in the U.S. instead of returning to Russia or Ukraine. Or parents may have emigrated here during the 80’s. Biographical detail not included in the profile.
Comparison—Midwestern University’s “Acceptance Rate” is 95%, compared to Harvard University’s, which is 5.6%. So almost everyone who applies at Midwestern is granted admission.
Any barber could make the same mistake.
Maybe, just maybe, they should have done a quick Google image search before starting the cutting.
The patient’s right side, or the doctor’s right side?
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