Mistake

[Misspears]

http://www.itv.com/news/granada/uk/?page=2



Man given vasectomy by mistake

A man was mistakenly given a vasectomy by medics who were supposed to be performing a "minor procedure" on him, a hospital has admitted.

The patient, who has not been named, went to the Royal Liverpool Hospital for a minor urological operation but was wrongly made sterile by a blundering surgeon.

Medics tried to reverse the error but it is not known whether the reversal was successful.

Health bosses at the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust said they have apologised "unreservedly" to the patient.


“We can confirm that a patient who was scheduled to have different minor urological procedure was wrongly given a vasectomy.

We greatly regret the distress that this has caused him. We have apologised unreservedly to the patient and we are offering him our full support.

This is a serious incident and we are investigating this fully to understand why it occurred and how we can ensure it does not happen again.

Since this incident, the surgeon has not been carrying out any operations, pending the findings of the investigation.

– Dr Peter Williams, Medical Director Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust

An operation conducted on the wrong body part is classed as a "never event" by health officials.

The incidents are regarded by the Government as so serious they should never happen. Between April and September last year there were 148 such incidents recorded by NHS England.

[JaneJ]

That is unbelievable.

That poor chap.

ca99

[wendy]

how terrible

[annie]

Unbelievable!!

[Rosalind]

You cannot believe it would happen in this day and age.