[Medical] - Woman's spleen surgically removed by mistake instead of cancerous kidney in HK hospital

[UltimaOnline]

A woman lost her spleen during a botched operation intended to remove a kidney at a Hong Kong private hospital.

The 57-year-old woman underwent surgery performed by a visiting urologist at St Paul’s Hospital in Causeway Bay on March 25 to remove a tumorous kidney, according to the Department of Health and the hospital.

But pathological tests after the surgery showed the organ removed was her spleen, a hospital spokesman said on Wednesday. The doctor, the patient and the department were alerted immediately.

The patient was discharged on April 16. Details of the hospital’s follow-up treatment and the woman’s condition were not disclosed. The spokesman for the hospital said the doctor’s admission rights and privileges for the establishment had been suspended.

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[Hypocrite-The]

Better off dead than to go for surgery..and things certainly went downhill since the POMS left

 

[Valium]

Doctors from India?

 

[zhihau]

If the hospital do a culture from the spleen and noticed that the cancerous cells are there, the docs can claim they did a fantastic job in containing the spread.

 

[mojito]

That is why people say surgery sure lose weight.

 

[Leckmichamarsch]

No spleen can survive?

 

[zhihau]

No spleen can survive?

Technically, yes. But as the spleen helps in immune system plus filtering the blood, the person without a spleen may require dialysis on a regular basis.