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Surgeon Operates Wrong Side Head - Psychology, Special Needs, Health - Posted: 25th Aug, 2007 - 7:04pm
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An 86-year-old man has died three weeks after a surgeon operated on the wrong side of his head, and state health authorities were investigating whether the mistake contributed to his death.
Surgeon Operates On Wrong Side Of Head
The interesting thing about this case is that this is NOT the first time this surgeon operates the wrong side of the head of a person. 
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| The patient, whose name wasn't released, died Saturday. The state medical examiner was determining the cause of death, according to a spokeswoman for the state health department. The man underwent emergency surgery at Rhode Island Hospital on July 30 to treat bleeding in his brain, according to a state report released Thursday. A nurse practitioner for Dr. Frederick Harrington didn't record which side of the man's brain required surgery. When another nurse pointed out the missing information, Harrington allegedly relied on his memory without consulting a CT chart and began operating on the wrong side. Upon realizing the error during the surgery, the surgeon operated on the correct side. In the surgical team's haste to treat the patient, it didn't follow proper procedures, said Dr. Mary Reich Cooper, vice president and chief quality office for Lifespan, the parent company of Rhode Island Hospital... |
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