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REDDOGTWO said:You would think that people going into the hospital to have something removed would mark the parts so that problems like this would not arise.
JayC said:He will now have enough money to buy all the testosterone supplements he will ever need.
thcri said:Not to change the subject but JayC that avator makes me dizzy.
Sounds like he signed a consent for the wrong nut. He will get "something" out of it, but not the huge cash settlement usually awarded in the private sector. Nurses and the patient are suppose to mark the site for a surgery, but probably did not becasue of the location. They probably did the time out with the consent with the worng side marked, We have safety factor after safety factor built into patient care at the VA. It is just such a huge system, mistakes are going to happen. The VA is the first to implememntn CPOE and BCMA and when used properly almost eliminate all med errors. unfortunately, as long as there are people.....Junkman said:Being a VA hospital, he will have to file against the U.S. Government, and his chances of getting anything out of them is about nil..... Mistakes happen, and as long as it isn't your body, it doesn't seem to matter as much. I heard about a guy that had the wrong leg removed, and in the end result he couldn't sue the surgeon or the hospital......
B_Skurka said:I think I'd rather loose my nuts than loose my eyes.