Next time they won't make the same mistake.

[RGStory]

Austrian Hospital accidentally removes the wrong leg. I wonder if they promised not to make the same mistake on the second attempt.

Austrian hospital amputates wrong leg of elderly patient

An Austrian hospital amputated the wrong leg of a patient, it said on Thursday, blaming human error for what it called a "tragic mistake".

www.reuters.com

 

[HiDesertELR]

So, telling the guy to "walk it off" ain't gonna' work huh?

 

[Seed tick]

Happens more often than you think. A friends mother had kidney cancer. Went into surgery to have the diseased kidney removed. Surgeon removed the good one. She died 30 days later

 

[Hobo Hilton]

The medical world is run by lawyers..........

'Nuff said

 

[Texasflyer]

This is why you write on your arm or leg in sharpee before anesthesia, do not cut and cut here.... been known for a long time.

 

[RGStory]

This is why you write on your arm or leg in sharpee before anesthesia, do not cut and cut here.... been known for a long time.

"The error appears to have been made shortly before the operation, when the leg that was to be amputated was marked, the clinic said."

I think it was a flaw in that very process that caused the error.

 

[Texasflyer]

Yeah, sounds like they trusted them to write it after anesthesia to me. I woulda wrote it myself well before.

 

[Texasflyer]

I cant stand reuters or i woulda read the article

 

[rtB]

So, telling the guy to "walk it off" ain't gonna' work huh?

Think their gonna need to "bob it off" after this one.

 

[RGStory]

I cant stand reuters or i woulda read the article

You can just punch "Freistadt Clinic" into a search browser of your preference. It should pop up in the news feeds.

 

[Texasflyer]

You can just punch "Freistadt Clinic" into a search browser of your preference. It should pop up in the news feeds.

I mean, i used to work in the medical feild. I know what goes on lol. Thats why i said, i would write it myself.

 

[RGStory]

Automatic Buy one Get one Free discount?

 

[S197]

Austrian Hospital accidentally removes the wrong leg. I wonder if they promised not to make the same mistake on the second attempt.

Austrian hospital amputates wrong leg of elderly patient

An Austrian hospital amputated the wrong leg of a patient, it said on Thursday, blaming human error for what it called a "tragic mistake".

www.reuters.com

Ha! my dyslexic ass is feeling pretty good right now.

 

[candyx]

Went in for a standard penile implant and woke up with a big toe, now I have to wear a clown shoe on one foot.

 

[Texasflyer]

Automatic Buy one Get one Free discount?

Bet he gets more than a free leg amputation.... but at what cost? Lol, you cant say the one good leg is priceless. Every chick that told me she was priceless i told something with out price has no value and therefore is worthless. You could offer me bill gates cyborg leg money and i would pass, it is by far one of the strongest nightmare fuels. It is horrific and my heart genuinely goes out to the guy.

 

[PatMiles]

Free medical for life?

 

[Rocky59]

I'm Glad he is an elderly but this things happen

 

[Doc68]

So, telling the guy to "walk it off" ain't gonna' work huh?

Motrin and water.....

Doc

 

[norcalAF]

At David Grant Medical Center, they had to implement triple independent checks of surgical sites because there were some wrong site surgeries performed.....

 

[Carlos Danger]

"My right or your right?"

 

[TexPatriot]

I hope they at least cut the correct one off the same length so they match.

I'd be chasing that Dr. on my stumps.

 

[Steel+Killer]

Not sure how he is going to do in the one legged man ass kicking contest now......before he had a pretty good chance.

 

[sirhrmechanic]

You know what the guy who graduates last in his class at medical school is called...

Doctor.

Sirhr

 

[BullGear]

Doctor: Okay lets verify which leg we'll be working on today.

Nurse: Right Leg seems to be swollen with some gangrene starting to form from the ankle to the knee.

Doctor: Okay looks like we remove the Left Knee.

 

[RUTGERS95]

that's just awful

 

[Jigstick]

The medical world is run by lawyers..........

'Nuff said

It’s actually run by insurance companies. Not lawyers.

 

[DarnYankeeUSMC]

My niece broke her arm. At the hospital they put a cast on the wrong arm. On the way home she asked my brother how the cast was going to fix her arm. He told her that it was going to hold it in the right position to heal. She then asked why they put the cast on the wrong arm. They turned around and went back. Funny thing is... My sister in-law is a nurse at that hospital.

 

[DarnYankeeUSMC]

Who do you think run insurance companies? Ever read an insurance policy?

It’s actually run by insurance companies. Not lawyers.

 

[BullGear]

Lawyers rule the world. Either directly or indirectly.

 

[Jigstick]

Who do you think run insurance companies? Ever read an insurance policy?

Accountants and business executives run the insurance companies. Not lawyers

 

[tnichols]

Last 2 surgeries I had, the doc came into my room, verified that he was going to work on the right elbow, I agreed, then we both initialed it with a Sharpie. Proper procedures

 

[pmclaine]

The hospital lawyer wont have a leg to stand on trying to defend this.

 

[Srgt. Hulka]

A new meaning to the old saying, “Measure twice, cut once.”

 

[Baron23]

I have had far more surgeries in the past 10 years than I would wish and in every case I have been asked by nurses multiple times to confirm the type of surgery to be performed and, if there is a left/right option, which side. Multiple times, to the point of annoyance until I remember horror stories like this....then I'm fine with it! haha

 

[clcustom1911]

Motrin and water.....

Doc

Fresh sock(s).

 

[clcustom1911]

The hospital lawyer wont have a leg to stand on trying to defend this.

 

[Aries256]

family: why don’t you go to the doctor?!
Me: “pointing them to these kinds of articles” shit like this.

 

[sheepdog697]

You’ll have that on the big jobs...

 

[stefan73]

But they said "my bad"

 

[alpine44]

I had a laparoscopic hernia operation last year and during the last conversation with the surgeon right before anesthesia, he marked the incision locations with a pen on my skin and added his initials. You have to realize that during the operation the face of the patient is covered with a mask or intubation devices and most of the body is covered with sterile sheets, so it is not to difficult to loose track of who, what and where the surgeon is supposed to work on.

The fact that the entire surgery/anesthesia team used checklist and cross checks with at least two people -like it is custom practice in aviation- put me significantly at ease with the whole procedure. Humans err, including highly trained and very competent individuals, and there are well know procedures to reduce these errors to an acceptable minimum.

 

[BullGear]

I've had my share of operations and procedures over the last few years. Each and every time the surgeon would come in while I was being prepped and asked me what they were doing and had me point to the area where the surgery was to take place. He would then mark it and initial that location. Then the surgical nurse came in and verified the location of the surgery.

I believe this is Standard Operating Procedure around the country.