Kenyan hospital staff suspended after brain surgery on wrong patient
March 2 (UPI) -- Two hospital officials in Kenya have been placed on leave for an incident in which a physician performed brain surgery on the wrong patient.
Staff noticed the blunder hours into the craniotomy surgery when doctors could not locate a hematoma, which is a blood clot and was the reason for the surgery.
The mistake last weekend apparently was caused by a mix-up of the patients' identification tags'.
The neurosurgeon, two nurses and an anesthesiologist have been suspended. The patient who underwent surgery is recovering, officials said.
Lily Koros, the hospital's CEO said the medical center "deeply regrets this event and has done all it can to ensure the safety and well-being of the patient in question. We are happy to inform the public that the patient is in recovery and progressing well."
Koros has been placed on leave during an investigation, along with the hospital's director of clinical services.
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