Story out of Worcester, Massachusetts:
A surgeon at a Massachusetts hospital mistakenly removed a healthy kidney from someone who had the same name as the patient with the tumor.
State and federal health investigators found that the doctor at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester failed to confirm the patient's identity before the medical mix-up in July.
The doctor did examine a CT scan before surgery, which showed the tumor on the kidney, according to the Boston Globe. However, the scan was from the wrong patient.
The mistake was not discovered until after tests were done on the kidney after it was removed, according to the newspaper.
The hospital failed to follow proper patient identification protocols by checking birth dates, authorities say. Even though the patients had the same name, they were several years apart in age.
St. Vincent has been told that Medicare and Medicaid agreements with the government will be terminated unless it takes corrective action. Cont. (Video/Autoplay)
Story from - New York Daily News
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