Doctors witnessed Thomas Shaknovsky allegedly dissecting the wrong organ and placed an identifiable liver on the table and said it was a spleen.
The US doctor, Thomas Shaknovsky, is accused of removing a patient’s liver instead of the spleen, which resulted into the patient’s immediate death. Photo: Florida Office of InsuranceThe US doctor, Thomas Shaknovsky, is accused of removing William Bryan’s liver instead of the spleen, which resulted into his immediate death.
It’s said the couple went to Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast Hospital where doctors were concerned about an abnormality of the spleen and they admitted him for further testing. It was further reported that it was Shaknovsky who recommended that Bryan undergoes a laparoscopic splenectomy, a procedure to remove the spleen, but the 70-year-old patient refused and expressed his wish to go back to Alabama. However, Shaknovsky convinced him to get the surgery immediately.
“Staff had concerns that Dr Shaknovsky did not have the skill level to safely perform this procedure,” Ladapo was quoted saying in his report.It was said Shaknovsky placed an identifiable liver on the table and said it was a spleen.Staff’s attempts to resuscitate Bryan were unsuccessful.
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