Similar Names, Different Patients: Abbottabad Doctors Perform Wrong Surgery

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Similar names, different patients: Abbottabad doctors perform wrong surgery

The woman kept complaining during the operation but the doctors did not listen to her.

Lahore (Pakistan Point News – 30th January, 2019) In the negligence of the doctors of Abbottabad, they operated on the stomach of a woman instead of her foot.

According to media reports, the woman had complained of pain in the foot but the doctors performed the surgery on her abdomen.

The woman kept complaining during the operation but the doctors did not listen to her.

The doctors said that they performed the wrong surgery due to confusion in similar Names of two different patients. One woman had pain in her foot while the other had pain in her abdomen. The doctors took one patient for another and performed the wrong surgery.

The hospital administration said that a three-member team has been constituted over the matter.

The family of the patient said that the doctors did not listen to her despite her repeated claims that she does not have pain in her stomach.

Mahnoor Sheikh

The writer is News Editor, Pakistan Point. She has graduated in Mass Communication and has worked in various media houses