Doctors in Kenya Perform Brain Surgery on Wrong Patient

Doctors in Kenya Perform Brain Surgery on Wrong Patient
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Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
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Four Kenyan medics, including a neurosurgeon, have been suspended after it was discovered that at a hospital in Nairobi the head of the wrong patient had been cut open.

One patient at the Kenyatta National Hospital needed surgery for a blood clot on the brain, the Daily Nation reported, while the other only noninvasive treatment for swelling.

But the wrong man was taken in for the blood clot surgery, according to reports, following a tragic mix-up of identification tags.

Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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