Wrong patient
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How does this even happen. I've read about several "wrong-side" surgeries, but "wrong patient?"
Wrong patient received a kidney transplant at Ohio hospital, officials say
An Ohio hospital system says two employees are on leave after a kidney was transplanted into the wrong patient, media outlets report.Cleveland-based University Hospitals said a transplant patient received a kidney intended for another patient on July 2, WEWS reported. A hospital spokesperson said the kidney was compatible with the patient, who is recovering, but another patient’s transplant was delayed, the news outlet reported.
“We are dismayed that an error recently occurred resulting in one patient receiving a kidney intended for another,” University Hospital spokesperson George Stamatis told WEWS.
In a statement to Cleveland.com, the hospital system said “we have offered our sincerest apologies to these patients and their families.”
Hospital officials on Tuesday did not explain how the mix up happened, though the hospital said two UH caregivers are on administrative leave pending an investigation.
National standards call for numerous checks to ensure such an error doesn’t occur.
The kidney is compatible with the patient it was given to, and the patient is recovering, UH said. The second patient’s transplant surgery has been delayed.
