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Title: Irish hospital removes wrong kidney from child
Post by: okarol on April 21, 2008, 11:43:44 PM

Irish hospital removes wrong kidney from child

 April 21, 2008

Doctors removed the wrong kidney from a child who was undergoing surgery at an Irish hospital.

News organizations say the child, who has not been identified, is now relying on the diseased organ. He or she may have to be put on dialysis and added to the list of people who are waiting for a kidney transplant.

RTE News reports that Our Lady's Children's Hospital described the incident as a "significant and regrettable medical error."

"I would like to know when this error was discovered and why the healthy kidney was not transplanted back", Mark Murphy of the Irish Kidney Association tells the Independent.

http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/04/irish-hospital.html?csp=34

Title: Re: Irish hospital removes wrong kidney from child
Post by: willieandwinnie on April 22, 2008, 05:15:03 AM

Oh My God, how horrible is this.  :thumbdown;

Title: Re: Irish hospital removes wrong kidney from child
Post by: kitkatz on April 22, 2008, 09:08:41 PM

 :Kit n Stik; :Kit n Stik; :Kit n Stik; :Kit n Stik; :Kit n Stik;

Title: Re: Irish hospital removes wrong kidney from child
Post by: spacezombie on April 23, 2008, 02:04:21 AM

This is so horrible. That poor little boy. :/  :banghead;