It’s a story that might make us laugh … if it weren’t so disturbing. A major scandal is currently shaking the Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, the largest hospital in Kenya: a patient has been brain operated by mistake.
This major “dumpling” was committed by a neurosurgeon. The patient who normally had to undergo the operation suffered from a blood clot in the brain (we also speak of thrombosis in the brain) – unfortunately, a confusion took place it is an unfortunate patient (who simply came to get drugs) who passed over the operating table. It was by noting the absence of a clot that the medical team realized their terrible mistake.
The patient “recovers and recovers well”
The scandal has, inevitably, swelled on social networks. On Twitter, the Kenyatta National Hospital published a statement explaining the sanctions taken against the culprits: thus, the neurosurgeon, two nurses and an anesthetist were suspended and an investigation was opened. In addition, the director of the hospital was also suspended by the Kenyan Minister of Health.
The hospital took the opportunity to express its “deep regrets” and to give news of the patient operated on by mistake: “he is recovering and recovering well”, everything is done to ensure “the safety and well-being of the patient. in question “. Phew!
This is not the first time that the Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi has found itself in the spotlight: after being confronted with a theft of a newborn baby (in February 2018) and accusations of sexual assault (in January 2018), this new scandal is once again causing a stir. Perhaps the most ironic being the hospital’s slogan: “quality care” …
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