Make No Mistake, the Nhs Cankill ; Forceps Left in the Patient. A Transplant with the Wrong Set of Lungs. As a New Report Catalogues Hospital Blunders...Commentary by Dr Sarah Burnett

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SOME years ago, I was admitted to hospital for a cartilage operation on my knee.

While waiting to be wheeled into theatre, a nurse approached with the consent form for me to sign.

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Make No Mistake, the Nhs Cankill ; Forceps Left in the Patient. A Transplant with the Wrong Set of Lungs. As a New Report Catalogues Hospital Blunders...Commentary by Dr Sarah Burnett

'It's your left leg we're operating on, isn't it?' she said.

'No, it's my RIGHT leg,' I told her.

She showed me the form with 'left leg' written on it.

I refused to sign it, and I wouldn't allow the anaesthetist to come near me until I had seen the surgeon and made sure he knew exactly which ...

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