RI hospital has 5th wrong-site surgery since '07

Full story: The York Daily Record

Health officials are investigating how a surgeon at Rhode Island Hospital mistakenly operated on the wrong part of a patient's hand, the hospital's fifth wrong-site surgery since 2007.

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David

Kissimmee, FL

Some advice that I applied with a surgery some years back: I asked the prep MD what was to be operated on; he stared back with a blank look, so I asked for a marker and then wrote on my body where surgery was to take place. Result was no error in surgery site.[They had prepped both sides.]
NEVER trust the staff to get it right; do it yourself.

Just a Thought

York, PA

Hey, wait til the "Government" run health-care comes into play. There will be a hell of a lot more of this type of error.

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