A non-frivilous lawsuit?
I occasionally mock the actions of lawyers and others who attempt to turn personal tragedies into winning lottery tickets, but I have to make an exception for this guy.
An Air Force veteran has filed a federal claim after an operation at a Veterans Administration hospital in which a healthy testicle was removed instead of a potentially cancerous one.I can just see the doctor in surgery talking to himself "Now, was it my left or his? Oh well, I have a 50/50 chance of being right, no sense wasting time double checking." Amazing.
Labels: Legal
2 Comments:
Bill;
Maybe not the best example, but it does point to the problem with socialized medicine. 20(+) years of military life demonstrated that to me.
11:34 AM
Wrong site surgery occurs in all medical delivery systems. It does not occur more frequently in military medicine or managed medicine.
8:54 PM
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