WTF? How does this happen?

[superrific]

Florida surgeon is being charged with 2nd degree manslaughter after killing a person by removing his liver when the operation was supposed to remove his spleen. This is the second time -- the surgeon also had a case where he removed part of the pancreas instead of the adrenal gland.

WALTON COUNTY GRAND JURY INDICTS DOCTOR IN OPERATING‑ROOM DEATH OF ALABAMA MAN; THOMAS SHAKNOVSKY ARRESTED IN WALTON COUNTY | Walton County Sheriff's Office, FL

WALTON COUNTY, FLA— A physician is behind bars in Walton County after a Grand Jury indictment connected to the operating room death of an Alabama man. The Office of the State Attorney for the First Judicial Circuit announced that a Walton County Grand Jury has returned an indictment charging Dr...

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Here is the order suspending his license. It's a crazy read. He saw the liver and thought "this is a huge spleen, so diseased and it migrated across the body." That's like confusing Texas with Maryland on a map. Good lord.

https://zarzaurlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/emergency-sus.pdf

This guy is 44 years old. That means he's probably been practicing for at least a little while. I don't know how he could possibly have gotten this far if he can't tell a spleen from a liver. Either he's Dr. Nick Riviera or he has mental health/substance abuse problems.

 

[uncleradar]

Situs inversus in an acute (i.e. trauma) case? Impaired physician?

 

[superrific]

Situs inversus in an acute (i.e. trauma) case? Impaired physician?

Neither, apparently.

 

[Gmonet]

First word of your post explains about 95% of it.

 

[BlueSteel]

First word of your post explains about 95% of it.

 

[superrific]

Situs inversus in an acute (i.e. trauma) case? Impaired physician?

Guy said that he thought the spleen and adrenal glands had "migrated." One wonders if he's related to the Waffle House guy

 

[CarolinaFever]

 

[He's Not Here]

First word of your post explains about 95% of it.

And he’s in the panhandle - that’s a double-whammy. Other than Destin, that place is drawkcab

 

[SnoopRob]

The worst medical school has to have a student that finishes last in the class every year.

 

[nrsair]

The worst medical school has to have a student that finishes last in the class every year.

True, but they don’t typically match into surgical residencies.

But I will say when I was at Duke for pharmacy school rotations there were some residents there I would not let within 10 feet of me or a family member.

Edit: there was one in particular that I will never forget- managed to nearly kill a patient putting in a central line in the ICU. Just looked him up and he’s now a cardiac surgeon.

 

[BlueSteel]

 

[CarolinaFever]

 

[altmin]

 

[Bobfripp]

"Well if if isn't my old friend Mr. McGreg. With a leg for an arm and an arm for a leg!"

 

[NYCBlueBlood]

Maybe the mob had his wife hostage in exchange for him botching the surgery... or maybe I just watch too many medical/crime dramas on TV...

 

[dukeman92]

How does one keep their medical license after the first fuck up?

 

[ZenMode]

 

[superrific]

How does one keep their medical license after the first fuck up?

I think disciplinary proceedings were happening when the second fuck up happened. Not fast enough, which is why they went to an emergency order.

But yes, it is puzzling. At the very least, how does one keep the hospital privileges

 

[dukeman92]

Insane.

 

[hedge]