Wrong body part op claims 'rise'

[Setarime]

Operations in which patients had the wrong body parts operated on have risen by a half in the last three years, claim figures show.
Last year, 40 patients in England had claims settled by the NHS Litigation Authority - up from 27 in 2003-4. The cost of settling the claims topped £1m. Among the mistakes were cases of the wrong leg and hips being operated on.

Quote from BBC News website

Who says the NHS is gettin better??

[Rocol]

Agree mate, cases like that do seem to be increasing, as if having an Operation isn't bad enough, let alone hoping they get it right

[stubacca68]

i went into have my right knee looked at and they did the left! but i thought they knew what they were doing!

[TGLucario]

i agree....they should concertare more on the job...than the pay-check

[Passion58]

Originally Posted by TheGreatLeungDski

i agree....they should concertare more on the job...than the pay-check

That's one of the reasons why there are so many mistakes in the medical field. Alot of these people get into their profession because of the money and don't really care much about the patients. That is a really scary thought..