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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”.
I'm currently splitting my specialist between Orlando health and Advent health over close to Orlando. Pretty much everyone in Sumter country will just end up killing you. It's common knowledge that the local hospitals are just death traps.
University of Florida took them over from the Morse family to try and fix the mess. But they are struggling to improve care. The Morse family that created the Villages, are some seriously evil dudes and the health systems they created show it,