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VA Hospital removes wrong testicle! Oh man! I can't think of a worse medical screw up than this one. And he's only asking for $200,000! That would suck! [xx(][xx(][xx(][V]
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,264180,00.html
Veteran Files Claim After Wrong Testicle Removed at Virginia Veteran's Hospital
LOS ANGELES - An Air Forceveteran has filed a federal claim after an operation at a Veterans Administration hospital in which a healthy testicle was removed instead of a potentially cancerous one.
Benjamin Houghton, 47, was to have had his left testicle removed June 14 at the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center because there was a chance it could harbor cancer cells. It also was atrophied and painful.
But doctors mistakenly removed the right testicle, according to medical records and the claim, which seeks $200,000 for future care and unspecified damages. He still hasn't had the other testicle removed.
"At first I thought it was a joke," Houghton told the Los Angeles Times. "Then I was shocked. I told them, 'What do I do now?"'
Houghton, his wife, Monica, and their attorney, Dr. Susan Friery, said they hoped to get the VA's attention by going public with the situation.
Dr. Dean Norman, chief of staff for the Greater Los Angeles VA system, has formally apologized to Houghton and his wife.
"We are making every attempt that we can to care for Mr. Houghton, but it's in litigation, and that's all we can tell you," he said. The hospital changed practices as a result of the case, he added.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,264180,00.html
Veteran Files Claim After Wrong Testicle Removed at Virginia Veteran's Hospital
LOS ANGELES - An Air Forceveteran has filed a federal claim after an operation at a Veterans Administration hospital in which a healthy testicle was removed instead of a potentially cancerous one.
Benjamin Houghton, 47, was to have had his left testicle removed June 14 at the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center because there was a chance it could harbor cancer cells. It also was atrophied and painful.
But doctors mistakenly removed the right testicle, according to medical records and the claim, which seeks $200,000 for future care and unspecified damages. He still hasn't had the other testicle removed.
"At first I thought it was a joke," Houghton told the Los Angeles Times. "Then I was shocked. I told them, 'What do I do now?"'
Houghton, his wife, Monica, and their attorney, Dr. Susan Friery, said they hoped to get the VA's attention by going public with the situation.
Dr. Dean Norman, chief of staff for the Greater Los Angeles VA system, has formally apologized to Houghton and his wife.
"We are making every attempt that we can to care for Mr. Houghton, but it's in litigation, and that's all we can tell you," he said. The hospital changed practices as a result of the case, he added.
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Nuts to that. I think he's got balls to sue. 0 -
I would be asking for a whole lot more than $200,000. A lot more. 0 -
It's the guy's own fault.
Never say, "Man, I'd give my left testicle for some easy money".
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For starters, I would change my name to Won Hung Lo.[:0] 0 -
He probably figured... they saved him a lot of future trouble.. with kids and all I mean..
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