Having any kind of serious medical treatment is an extremely worrying time for people. There are commonly risks involved but these are usually explained to the person before going ahead with the treatment. Sometimes though things happen which are completely unexpected by the patient and cause their treatment to go completely wrong. Medical mistakes aren't particularly common but shocking ones do sometimes still happen.
One example of these shocking medical mistakes occurred in America when a teenage girl needed both a heart and lung transplant. After what was thought to be a successful transplant it was discovered that the doctor had transplanted organs into the girl which were the wrong blood type. The girl's body rejected the organs and began to shut down causing brain damage before she eventually died.
Another shocking medical mistake happened in 1995 when a man with a badly infected leg went in to have it amputated to prevent the infection from spreading. Once in the hospital the man was put under anaesthetic before the leg was sterilised and prepared for the amputation. Unfortunately the wrong leg was prepared and the doctor proceeded to amputate the incorrect leg. The doctor defended himself by saying that both legs were actually infected and would need amputating.
Shocking medical staff mistakes vary a lot too and another type of case is when staff leave the tools which they use inside their patients after operating on them. This happened to an American man when he went into hospital to have a tumour removed from his abdomen. The procedure was successful but the staff quite amazingly left a 13 inch clamp inside the man. They removed the clamp once they realised but the man was still paid ninety-seven thousand dollars in compensation.
Some hospital staff also make mistakes more than once as with the case of Rhode Island Hospital's neurosurgeons. Three times they operated on the wrong side of a person's brain and while in two of the cases they were able to rectify the problem, the third actually caused a man's death.
One example of these shocking medical mistakes occurred in America when a teenage girl needed both a heart and lung transplant. After what was thought to be a successful transplant it was discovered that the doctor had transplanted organs into the girl which were the wrong blood type. The girl's body rejected the organs and began to shut down causing brain damage before she eventually died.
Another shocking medical mistake happened in 1995 when a man with a badly infected leg went in to have it amputated to prevent the infection from spreading. Once in the hospital the man was put under anaesthetic before the leg was sterilised and prepared for the amputation. Unfortunately the wrong leg was prepared and the doctor proceeded to amputate the incorrect leg. The doctor defended himself by saying that both legs were actually infected and would need amputating.
Shocking medical staff mistakes vary a lot too and another type of case is when staff leave the tools which they use inside their patients after operating on them. This happened to an American man when he went into hospital to have a tumour removed from his abdomen. The procedure was successful but the staff quite amazingly left a 13 inch clamp inside the man. They removed the clamp once they realised but the man was still paid ninety-seven thousand dollars in compensation.
Some hospital staff also make mistakes more than once as with the case of Rhode Island Hospital's neurosurgeons. Three times they operated on the wrong side of a person's brain and while in two of the cases they were able to rectify the problem, the third actually caused a man's death.
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