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Florida surgeon ‘devastated’ over death of patient after removing liver instead of spleen
(www.theguardian.com)
Thomas Shaknovsky botched the surgery of William Bryan, 70, who died on the operating table
According to Shaknovksy’s deposition, after removing Bryan’s liver, the surgeon instructed a nurse to label the organ as a “spleen” – and he also identified it as a spleen in Bryan’s postoperative notes. Shaknovsky later said he had been “mentally compromised” at the time of Bryan’s death, explaining that he was “devastated, demoralized, crying over his passing, felt that I failed him”.
Disgraced doctors that can't be hired for insurance reasons get hired by health insurance to deny claims too, as per propublica. I think one of their examples was a doctor from florida too.
I think it's this one: https://www.propublica.org/article/mental-health-insurance-denials-unitedhealthcare-cigna-doctors
Jesus fucking Christ... America is just a big fucking scam.