Skilled, but not qualified – Surgeon held negligent because…
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January - 2025, Posted On: 01 January 2025
The patient experienced sharp stomach pain. He consulted a doctor who diagnosed one 29mm stone in right kidney. The patient consented to nephrolithotomy.
There was profuse bleeding intra-operatively, the patient suffered cardiac arrest. The doctor performed nephrectomy and referred the patient to another hospital, from where he was referred to a third hospital.