SaysWho? Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/20190110/surgeon-will-pay-3k-fine-for-accidentally-removing-kidney Quote Dr. Ramon Vazquez, a West Palm Beach surgeon, was tasked with opening up Maureen Pacheco on April 29, 2016, at Wellington Regional Medical Center. Orthopedic surgeons were then scheduled to perform a spinal fusion to alleviate Pacheco’s lower back pain. But Pacheco had a condition from birth in which her kidney never ascended into the abdomen and was located in her pelvic region. Vazquez saw the undeveloped but functioning organ as cancer and removed it only to find out later from a pathologist that it was, in fact, an intact pelvic kidney. The Florida Health Department filed a complaint in December 2017, saying the cancer diagnosis was not related to the patient’s medical condition and “therefore medically unnecessary.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 I said I was sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Whoops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Reminded me of this, which was also in Florida. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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