Saturday, September 20, 2008

Stupid News-RI hospital group says doc operated on wrong knee


Stupid News-RI hospital group says doc operated on wrong knee
and Doctors make how much???

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - State health officials were investigating how a surgeon operated on the wrong knee of a patient Friday at the Miriam Hospital, part of a medical network that was reprimanded and fined $50,000 last year for three mistaken surgeries at another of its facilities.
The latest mistake happened while a surgeon performed a knee arthroscopy, a procedure in which doctors insert a pencil-sized camera into the knee so they can diagnose a malady. In some cases, surgeons will repair or remove damaged tissue.

After the operation was complete, the surgeon realized the mistake and operated on the correct knee, hospital officials said.
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