A 4-year old boy goes in for surgery on his right eye because it is "wandering". Clearly this is a somewhat delicate surgery as you don't want to permanently damage the eye, but you need to do what you can so that the boy's eye functions like the other.
It turns out that the surgeon performed the entire operation on the left eye, then realized she had made the mistake and performed the operation on the right eye. WHAT?!?
I understand completely what it's like to have vision and eye limitations. I have a lazy eye and if something ever happened to my good eye, I would potentially be very handicapped. So this surgeon has now increased in risk of issues in the boys good eye by performing unnecessary surgery on it.
Here's the real kicker - look at this quote from the article:
They CIRCLED HIS EYE and the surgeon still operated on the wrong one. How is that even possible??? I am not a proponent of patients sueing doctors as there are way too many frivilous malpractice suits that cost everyone and tie up the court system. But I think is a case where the parents should seriously consider speaking with an attorney.“Something went wrong with their checklist,” said Dale Matlock, Jesse’s father. “They came in and circled his eye, for which eye they were going to operate on. Then (Dr. Goodman) proceeded with the left, the wrong eye.”
Until next time....
