A surgeon in England operated on him with a Swiss army knife that he normally uses to cut apples. The doctor opened the chest containing the multi-purpose utensil, the BBC reported. The patient survived the unusual surgery.
The clinic in the southern English city of Brighton declared an emergency. It was an emergency procedure and the doctor couldn’t find a sterile scalpel.
Colleagues found behavior ‘questionable’
At the same time, the hospital emphasized that the surgeon’s actions “did not correspond to the usual procedure and were not necessary.” The BBC cited internal documents saying colleagues found the behavior “questionable” and were also very surprised the doctor could not find a scalpel. The clinic has already been criticized for numerous other incidents.
Expert: “It is not a surgical instrument”
“It surprises and baffles me,” Graeme Poston, a clinical negligence expert, told the public broadcaster. “First of all, a pocket knife is not sterile. Secondly, it is not a surgical instrument. And thirdly, all equipment must have been present.”
According to the BBC, police are already investigating at least 105 cases of suspected medical negligence at the hospital operator and are considering manslaughter charges. There is talk of several preventable deaths during operations and a “climate of fear”. The UK’s NHS healthcare service is considered chronically overburdened and underfunded.
Source: Krone
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