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[QueenCityHillbilly]

(St. Paul, Minnesota-AP) -- A hospital official in St. Paul,
Minnesota, is promising it will never happen again.
A lab mistake resulted in Linda McDougal being mistakenly
diagnosed with breast cancer.
McDougal was told that her only chance for survival were a
double mastectomy, chemotherapy and radiation.
It was later discovered that samples from her biopsy were
switched with another woman who suffered from an aggressive form of
cancer.
After McDougal's breasts were removed, doctors found no
malignancy.
United Hospital's medical director -- Dr. Daniel Foley -- has
apologized to McDougal.
Foley says doctors have to make sure they're "right 100 percent
of the time."
McDougal is considering a suit for medical malpractice.
United Hospital will not identify the pathologist involved but
says the doctor still works with the hospital.

[Braves]

Why are they getting so upset....it was just a simple mistake.
Sheeesh..people get mad so easily nowadays :rolleyes:

[reb]

I know everyone at the hosp. would be working for me when I was done with them.

[mailman]

Windylu has been through school to be a Surgical Technologist. (the one that hands the Dr. the shit and dresses him and all)

While she was working at the hospital for school one of the nurses that worked in the hospital needed knee surgery. Her right knee was supposed to be operated on but noooo the did her left knee instead.
Her left needed surgery but is nowhere near as bad shape as the right.

As far as Windy knew the lady didn't file a suit but both of her knees and rehab were done free-of-charge.

I'd have owned the hospital.

[HighPoint49er]

Originally posted by mailman
I'd have owned the hospital.
And charged the doctors to park too.

[vpkozel]

Originally posted by mailman
Windylu has been through school to be a Surgical Technologist. (the one that hands the Dr. the shit and dresses him and all)

While she was working at the hospital for school one of the nurses that worked in the hospital needed knee surgery. Her right knee was supposed to be operated on but noooo the did her left knee instead.
Her left needed surgery but is nowhere near as bad shape as the right.

As far as Windy knew the lady didn't file a suit but both of her knees and rehab were done free-of-charge.

I'd have owned the hospital.

When I had my knee surgery, they put Correct on my right (bad) knee and Wrong on my left one in big letters. They said they did this, just in case. I did not mind at all. This is one of those few cases where the plaitiff deserves as much money as a jury sees fit to award her.

[gutter]

Well, I worked in Risk Management and seen every possible thing you could imagine and some you can't. It ain't as easy as you think to "own" a hospital. I thought most of the settlements were low and a lot of valid claims get denied.

I've seen this one several times and usually expenses are covered and that's it. The wrong site operations usually get settled for a couple grand of course depending on what you're getting operated on.