Recently, the head of a family in Baise, Guangxi, reported that his child's left knee had a long bone tumor, and he was operated on in a local tertiary hospital, but the right knee tissue was mistakenly cut, and the related news attracted attention.
According to the parent, the incident happened at the end of March this year, and his 17-year-old child was a sports student who was admitted to the Baidong Campus of the Affiliated Hospital of Youjiang Medical College for Nationalities. On the same day, before the operation was over, the doctor came out and said that he had made a mistake and cut his right knee by mistake.
Boy's knee
According to the medical imaging diagnosis report provided by the parent, the diagnosis opinion was "left medial condyle osteochondroma and a small amount of fluid in the left knee joint", and the informed consent form signed before the operation also said "left distal femur chondroma resection surgery".
Medical Imaging Diagnostic Report Form
However, on the surgical record, the name of the operation is "resection of the distal right femur". As can be seen from the child's post-operative photos, there are postoperative suture marks on the right knee, while the lump on the left knee is visible to the naked eye, and the bone is clearly protruding.
Surgical Records
On May 18, the Affiliated Hospital of Youjiang Medical College for Nationalities issued a briefing:
On March 27, the Department of Orthopedic Surgery of Baidong Campus of our hospital made a site error when performing osteochondroma resection on the distal left femur for patient Luo, and part of the tissue of the right medial femoral condyle was removed. We would like to express our deepest apologies to our patients and their families.
After the incident, the hospital actively communicated with the patients and their families, strived for the understanding of the patients and their families, and negotiated and mediated in accordance with laws and regulations. Orthopedic experts are also organized to conduct initial assessment, psychological intervention and postoperative medical services for patients. Currently, the patient is recovering.
In response to this incident, the hospital has investigated the responsibility of the relevant departments and personnel involved, and the departments involved have temporarily suspended business for rectification, and the 6 personnel with management responsibility and medical responsibility have been dismissed from their posts, suspended their prescription rights, and deducted their performance wages.
At the same time, we draw inferences from one case to another to carry out special rectification of medical safety in the whole hospital, strictly implement the core system of medical quality and safety and the hospital management system, strengthen the education of medical ethics and medical style and the management of hospital diagnosis and treatment process, and resolutely prevent the recurrence of similar incidents.
Screenshot of the hospital's official website
Source: Modern Express, Beijing Youth Daily, Affiliated Hospital of Youjiang Medical College for Nationalities
Editor: Zhou Yun
Reviewer: Chen Shirui
Issued: Daley Red