Left, right. What’s the difference? [insert Simpson’s Dr. Nick graphic here]
“It’s never a good sign when you hear a surgeon say ‘Oops’ “
— Bill Cosby
Just can’t imagine this happening. When I had knee surgery several years ago, the doctor came in and circled the knee in question with a magic marker and had me agree with the markings. Every person that approached me there after asked me if the knee circled was the knee that would be worked on. I even think the janitor approached me with the same question.
Just before I was put under the anesthesiologist asked me to point to the offending knee.
Best thing you can do going into surgery is to get marked up with indelible magic markers that point to the correct stuff, and away from the wrong stuff.
Everyone I know who has undergone surgery has done that and they've never had a problem.
Well, c’mon people, it’s not brain surgery - oh wait, it IS!!!
Doctors need to lose license and be sued for a lot of money. Especially the doc whose patient died from their mistake.
Yeah, sorry. Our bad.