Surgeon removes wrong organ. Now, Fresno woman is suing and going back to operating room

The Fresno Bee via Yahoo ^ | 07/09/2022 | Jim Guy

[fhayek]

Lucy! You got some spleenin’ to do...!

[Hot Tabasco]

The surgeon actually was a locum tenens,

And I'm supposed to know what that is?

[Fungi]

An equal opportunity, affirmative action doctor.

[webheart]

Everyone knows what a locum tenens is. It’s a crazy tennis player.

[Leep]

I blame obama and biden.

[Vermont Lt]

I think it’s a “visiting” surgeon. Not a staff surgeon or someone with normal “rights” to work there.

[Hot Tabasco]

LOL!

[Huskrrrr]

A graduate of a online Medical school?

[anton]

He was very well respected in his country of origin.

[glorgau]

Spleen, kidney, whatever.

[KittyKares]

Someone didn’t study the kidney chapter in his biology book.

[Phoenix8]

I’ve been told (by an American nurse) the SE Asian medical schools are far more lax than ours. And partially the reason we are being flooded with Drs from That area.

[Sarcazmo]

Damn! I hope they kept it.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Yeah. This is a reason to sue.

And people thought I was crazy when I wrote NOT THIS ONE on my good shoulder when I when in for shoulder surgery.

[Sarcazmo]

XD XD

[Sarcazmo]

I always heard you should do that but thought it was a joke!

[PeterPrinciple]

The operation took place in June 2021. The mistake went undetected for several days until the kidney was examined after it was sent to a pathologist, according to court documents. The pathologist “was so astonished, he asked other pathologists to confirm his diagnoses.” Ultimately, all five pathologists agreed the organ submitted for examination and identified as a left kidney was in fact a spleen.

---

confirmed by committee........................

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

If you had a proper education that included Latin you would know what it meant. :)

A designated hitter is a locum tenens.

[Gay State Conservative]

The only major surgery I've ever had is two hip replacements,which were done at a major hospital.Both times the surgeon came in while I was waiting in pre-op and wrote "yes" on the hip to be replaced and "no" on the other hip. And this was a senior surgeon on the faculty of a major medical school.

Perhaps there's a lesson in that for physicians.surgeons in smaller towns.