US EditionCredible: a Patient with Cancer Is Removed From the Healthy Kidney Instead of the Sick Organ
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A 77-year-old man with cancer had his kidney removed instead of the sick organ on 27 July at Henri Mondor Hospital in Créteil. The family initiated legal proceedings against the AP-HP.
This accident highlighted the check-list procedure which is not always properly carried out according to a survey.
At the end of July, a 77-year-old patient mistakenly suffered the removal of his healthy kidney instead of the organ with a cancerous tumour in a Parisian hospital. His family decided to file a complaint against the AP-HP.
With cancer, the 77-year-old man was operated on July 27 in the urology department of Henri Mondor Hospital in Créteil (Val-de-Marne).
A 77-year-old patient was mistakenly removed from a healthy kidney at Henri-Mondor Hospital in Créteil (Val-de-Marne), on July 27, instead of the kidney with cancer, Franceinfo reveals.
At the Henri-Mondor Hospital in Créteil, a 77-year-old man with cancer was mistakenly removed from a healthy kidney instead of a tumour. The family seized justice and an internal investigation is under way. A surgical procedure marked by a serious error On 27 July, according to...
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