Surgeon Fined In Austria For Amputating Wrong Leg
Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published December 02, 2021 | 05:30 AM
Vienna, Dec 1 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 2nd Dec, 2021 ) :An Austrian court has fined a surgeon for amputating the wrong leg of an elderly patient, a spokesperson for the tribunal in the northern city of Linz said Wednesday.
While the 43-year-old defendant said her actions were due to "human error", the judge found her guilty of gross negligence and fined her 2,700 Euros ($3,060), with half the amount suspended, the spokesperson said.
The surgeon had marked the wrong leg of the 82-year-old patient for amputation ahead of the operation in May in the central town of Freistadt, only noticing the mistake two days after carrying out the surgery.
The court awarded 5,000 euros in damages plus interest to the widow of the patient, who died before the case came to court.
The surgeon said there had been a flaw in the chain of control in the operating theatre. She has since moved to another clinic and can appeal the judgement.
The management of the institution involved said in a statement that "the causes and circumstances of this medical error have been analysed in detail", internal procedures discussed with the team and training provided.
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