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发帖数: 2555 | 1 (CNN)An Austrian court has fined a surgeon 2,700 euros ($3,050) for
mistakenly amputating the wrong leg of a patient.
The 43-year-old surgeon was fined at the Linz Regional Court on Wednesday,
with half of the amount suspended, "for committing grossly negligent bodily
harm," Walter Eichinger, the court's vice president, told CNN.
On May 18 the surgeon, who was working at a clinic in Freistadt, "carried
out an inadequate clarification with the existing medical records and the
photo documentation before the operation for the planned amputation of the
left thigh and thus marked the right leg for the surgical intervention,"
said Eichinger on Thursday.
The right thigh was then "amputated without any medical indication," added
Eichinger.
The court awarded $5,666 in damages to the widow of the patient, who died
before the court date, for reasons unrelated to the amputation, according to
Eichinger.
Both the accused and the prosecutor have until 12 p.m. on December 6 to
appeal the decision. If they do not, the court's judgment will be final from
7 December. |
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