A hospital in Austria made a big mistake after cutting off the wrong foot of a patient.
In a Reuters report, the Freistadt Clinic said that what happened with the patient was a result of human error.
The 82-year-old patient has a number of illnesses and his doctors see the need to amputate his left food.
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“We are deeply shocked that on Tuesday, May 18, despite quality assurance standards, the wrong leg of an 82-year old man … was amputated,” the clinic said.
The mistake was only uncovered when medical staff were changing the man’s bandage.
Initial investigation showed that there’s a mistake on the mark indicating which foot will be cut off during the operation.
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“Unfortunately the mistake, in which the right leg was removed instead of the left, occurred as a result of a sequence of unfortunate circumstances,” the hospital said.
The hospital offered the patient psychosocial support and the next operation on the correct foot has already been scheduled. (TDT)
