A recent surgical blunder involving a doctor removing a woman’s Fallopian tube rather than her appendix has cast doubt on Hong Kong public hospitals’ ability to effectively implement safety protocols and allocate manpower, patients’ advocates have said.
Caritas Medical Centre in Sham Shui Po on Friday revealed the blunder, which involved a 48-year-old woman who was admitted with appendicitis on June 17.
A higher surgical trainee performed a laparoscopic appendectomy on the patient the next day…
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