{"id":59936,"date":"2018-03-03T05:52:18","date_gmt":"2018-03-03T05:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=59936"},"modified":"2018-03-03T05:52:18","modified_gmt":"2018-03-03T05:52:18","slug":"doctor-in-kenya-performs-brain-surgery-on-the-wrong-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/doctor-in-kenya-performs-brain-surgery-on-the-wrong-person.html","title":{"rendered":"Doctor in Kenya performs brain surgery on the wrong person"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Doctor in Kenya performs brain surgery on the wrong person<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">A neurosurgeon at Kenya\u2019s largest hospital has been suspended after performing brain surgery on the wrong patient.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The scandal, which prompted an outpouring of horror on social media, is the latest drama to hit the Kenyatta National Hospital in recent weeks, after allegations of staff sexually assaulting patients, and the theft of a baby.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Kenya&#8217;s &#8216;Erin Brockovich&#8217; defies harassment to bring anti-pollution case to courts<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The hospital said the surgeon, as well as two nurses and an anaesthetist, had been suspended pending an investigation into the operation \u201con the wrong patient\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Health minister Sicily Kariuki also suspended the CEO of the hospital over the blunder.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">An investigation by the Daily Nation newspaper revealed that two men had been taken to the hospital last Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">One required surgery to remove a blood clot to his brain, while the other needed only medication for a swollen head.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Hours into the surgery doctors discovered there was no blood clot in the brain of their patient, and that they were in fact operating on the wrong man, the newspaper reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cThe hospital deeply regrets this event and has done all it can to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the patient in question,\u201d read the statement from the hospital, adding the patient was \u201cin recovery and progressing well\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Kenyatta National Hospital is Kenya\u2019s oldest and largest hospital, and also serves as a teaching hospital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2018\/mar\/03\/doctor-in-kenya-performs-brain-surgery-on-the-wrong-person<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/doctor-in-kenya-performs-brain-surgery-on-the-wrong-person.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doctor in Kenya performs brain surgery on the wrong person A neurosurgeon at Kenya\u2019s largest hospital has been suspended after performing brain surgery on the wrong patient. 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