A general surgeon removed William Bryan's liver instead of his spleen, causing his death on the operating room table, according to an attorney for Beverly Bryan.

A Florida surgeon mistakenly removed a man’s liver instead of his spleen, causing him to die on the operating table, a lawyer for the man’s widow alleges.

William Bryan, 70, of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, underwent surgery on Aug. 21, at Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast hospital in Miramar, Florida, because of spleen abnormalities, according to a statement from the personal injury firm Zarzaur Law, based in Pensacola, Florida.

  • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.zipEnglish
    6·
    3 months ago

    I mean, there is an extremely rare condition where basically all of your internal organs are mirrored or flipped from their normal orientation… (situs inversus, roughly 1 in 10,000 people are estimated to have it)

    But…

    If that were the case here, it’d be immediately obvious to any one with basic anatomical knowledge.

    Hope this dumbass goes to jail.

    • superkret@feddit.orgEnglish
      32·
      3 months ago

      Hope this dumbass goes to jail.

      Why? Unless intent can be proven, this is a fuck-up and nothing else. Jailtime would benefit literally no one in this case.

          • DragonTypeWyvernEnglish
            43·
            3 months ago

            Everyone, knowing a killer didn’t get away with it.

            If you dislike the existence of the state at a fundamental level, I will also accept vigilantes removing his liver.