Nepal hospital says CNN’s Gupta didn’t operate on 8-year-old

Associated Press ^ | Jul. 10, 2015 1:47 PM EDT | Binaj Gurubacharya

[Olog-hai]

A Nepal hospital said Friday that CNN medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta incorrectly reported that he operated on an 8-year-old girl after the country’s devastating earthquake in April.

A top official at the Bir Hospital in Kathmandu, Dr. Ganesh Bahadur Gurung, said Friday that the girl, Salina Dahal, never had brain surgery and has recovered from minor head injuries.

Gupta, a practicing brain surgeon, reported days after the April 25 earthquake that he operated on Dahal. CNN said Thursday that it is working to verify the identity of Gupta’s patient, following a published report that he never treated the 8-year-old girl. […]

“There was no operation performed on the child whose name was mentioned in the (CNN) news report. Actually the operation done that day was a 14-year-old whose name he has not mentioned. He has given a false statement there,” Gurung said, adding Gupta was at the hospital as a journalist and not a medical professional. …

[Buckeye McFrog]

looks like another outbreak of Brian Williams Disease...

[bkepley]

This guy has had credibility issues before has he not?

[NEMDF]

Looks like he would be best to stick to brain surgery and not being a “journalist”.

[RoosterRedux]

Wangling for a news anchor slot at NBC?

[Sarah Barracuda]

Brian Williams says without a doubt Gupta DID operate on that child..HE WAS THERE!!

[Olog-hai]

And he and Dan Rather assisted.

[Olog-hai]

Aw, he’s already at CNN. Why get busted down to MSLSD?

[Fido969]

Gupta’s a lefty loon. Lying comes with the territory.

[Buckeye McFrog]

[OLDCU]

Wait, I thought it was Brian Williams that operated on the girl.

[NativeSon]

give the guy a break, I mean, just the other day I misspoke and people misundersood me when I said that I; "was one of the few soldiers from my platoon that survived Normandy beach and that I clearly recall holding my dying friend and screaming 'why G0D! WHY!' before saving an entire village of nuns and orphans".

what I mean to say is that I was on my couch watching youtube clips of WWII.

[Stormdog]

This just in....

CNN reporting that Dr. Sanjay Gupta suffered a serious brain fart while in Nepal that has affected his recollection of events that took place there.

Brain farts have also afflicted other well known people such as Brian Williams and Hilary Clinton.

Lesser known people who are afflicted with the syndrome are more commonly known as liars.

[Sarah Barracuda]

Brian Williams gave her CPR when she went into cardiac arrest, so in a way he’s a hero too

[RoosterRedux]

I took my girlfriend to Normandy Beach on D-Day just to see the excitement.

It was better than the movie.

[RoosterRedux]

The folks at NBC are much more exciting...or so they say.;-)

[Buckeye McFrog]

CNN reporting that Dr. Sanjay Gupta suffered a serious brain fart while in Nepal that has affected his recollection of events that took place there.

Whaa....you mean HIPAA doesn't apply in Nepal?

[Kartographer]

Yes he did and Brian Williams assisted!

[Kartographer]

I remember watching any update on the girls condition by the Hospital's spokesman!

[twister881]

“Krishna, I’ve been caught! Now what do I do? Oh, that’s right, I’m a minority, so nothing is going to happen to me.”