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CVO Social => In The News => Topic started by: CVOJOE on April 05, 2007, 01:18:35 AM
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By Associated Press
2 hours ago
LOS ANGELES - An Air Force veteran has filed a federal claim after an operation at a Veterans Administration hospital in which a healthy testicle was removed instead of a potentially cancerous one. Benjamin Houghton, 47, was to have had his left testicle removed June 14 at the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center because there was a chance it could harbor cancer cells. It also was atrophied and painful. But doctors mistakenly removed the right testicle, according to medical records and the claim, which seeks $200,000 for future care and unspecified damages. He still hasn't had the other testicle removed.
"At first I thought it was a joke," Houghton told the Los Angeles Times. "Then I was shocked. I told them, 'What do I do now?'" Houghton, his wife, Monica, and their attorney, Dr. Susan Friery, said they hoped to get the VA's attention by going public with the situation.
Dr. Dean Norman, chief of staff for the Greater Los Angeles VA system, has formally apologized to Houghton and his wife. "We are making every attempt that we can to care for Mr. Houghton, but it's in litigation, and that's all we can tell you," he said. The hospital changed practices as a result of the case, he added.
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Solution is to maybe tatto one "R" andth orher one "L", but then that would require that they also read the directions.
Damn Shame!! :nixweiss:
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By Associated Press
2 hours ago
LOS ANGELES - An Air Force veteran has filed a federal claim after an operation at a Veterans Administration hospital in which a healthy testicle was removed instead of a potentially cancerous one. Benjamin Houghton, 47, was to have had his left testicle removed June 14 at the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center because there was a chance it could harbor cancer cells. It also was atrophied and painful. But doctors mistakenly removed the right testicle, according to medical records and the claim, which seeks $200,000 for future care and unspecified damages. He still hasn't had the other testicle removed.
"At first I thought it was a joke," Houghton told the Los Angeles Times. "Then I was shocked. I told them, 'What do I do now?'" Houghton, his wife, Monica, and their attorney, Dr. Susan Friery, said they hoped to get the VA's attention by going public with the situation.
Dr. Dean Norman, chief of staff for the Greater Los Angeles VA system, has formally apologized to Houghton and his wife. "We are making every attempt that we can to care for Mr. Houghton, but it's in litigation, and that's all we can tell you," he said. The hospital changed practices as a result of the case, he added.
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Solution is to maybe tatto one "R" andth orher one "L", but then that would require that they also read the directions.
Damn Shame!! :nixweiss:
so now he knows literally what the term "it will cost you your left nut" means :o :'(
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Wow, that's terrible. :( Speaking from just having surgery I know how this could occur. My wife thought I was crazy when I asked her to write "Wrong Leg/Hip" on my good leg, but she did.
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Ride Safe,
Fired00d
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Wow, that's terrible. :( Speaking from just having surgery I know how this could occur. My wife thought I was crazy when I asked her to write "Wrong Leg/Hip" on my good leg, but she did.
:pumpkin:
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
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When my wife went in for orthoscopic surgery on her knee, during the pre-op prep, the nurse took a black felt tipped pen and marked her knee, then had my wife initial it to certify that was the knee they were supposed to operate on....I thought that was an excellent procedure.
Cheers :2vrolijk_21:,
:devil:
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When my wife went in for arthroscopic surgery on her knee, during the pre-op prep, the nurse took a black felt tipped pen and marked her knee, then had my wife initial it to certify that was the knee they were supposed to operate on....I thought that was an excellent procedure.
Cheers :2vrolijk_21:,
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More and more hospitals are doing that. My wife recently had surgery as well and she had the reception nurse ask and verify, the operating head nurse, the anesthesiologist and the surgeon, as well as each having her sign to confirm the surgery.
Check and verify, chit even my carpenter measures twice and cuts once ::)
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That's the old " is that the left as your looking at it from the top or the bottom"? :-\ :nixweiss: :oops:
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ANY MEMBERS WILLING TO BE A DONOR CONTACT YOUR LOCAL VETRANS HOSPITAL. :o :nervous:
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No thanks on being a donor. I lost the first one in the divorce settlement.
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No thanks on being a donor. I lost the first one in the divorce settlement.
:o :drink: :oops:
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No thanks on being a donor. I lost the first one in the divorce settlement.
Hmm, that reminds me of how I got my first Harley. It was sold during a divorce. :oops: My luck his lost, or is that his gain guess all depends on how he looks at it. You know the saying "Freedom isn't free".
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Fired00d
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No thanks on being a donor. I lost the first one in the divorce settlement.
I thought that was your A$$...............
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I thought that was your A$$...............
Ahhh, so that's the reason HB wears the bib overalls. He doesn't have enough ___ (fill in the blank) to hold his pants up. :huepfenlol2:
:pumpkin:
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
:fireman:
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Solution is to maybe tatto one "R" andth orher one "L"
Dude;
Think about that.
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Ahhh, so that's the reason HB wears the bib overalls. He doesn't have enough ___ (fill in the blank) to hold his pants up. :huepfenlol2:
:pumpkin:
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
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Gary, I think that's right, I know that is usually the largest part of one's anatomy that is lost in a divorce.
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Hmm, that reminds me of how I got my first Harley. It was sold during a divorce. :oops: My luck his lost, or is that his gain guess all depends on how he looks at it. You know the saying "Freedom isn't free".
:pumpkin:
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Fired00d
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dood what color was the bike? Was it from a vindictive Kentucky girl?
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dood what color was the bike? Was it from a vindictive Kentucky girl?
;D Nope actually bought it from dealer who had gotten it from original owner due to pending divorce, and it was black.
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Fired00d
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;D Nope actually bought it from dealer who had gotten it from original owner due to pending divorce, and it was black.
:pumpkin:
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
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Nope, not my old bike then. She was very vindictive, but, I do have to say, of all of my ex wifes, she was my favorite.
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Nope, not my old bike then. She was very vindictive, but, I do have to say, of all of my ex wifes, she was my favorite.
I didn't know there was such a thing?? :confused5:
:pumpkin:
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
:fireman:
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You do have a point.
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More and more hospitals are doing that. My wife recently had surgery as well and she had the reception nurse ask and verify, the operating head nurse, the anesthesiologist and the surgeon, as well as each having her sign to confirm the surgery.
Check and verify, chit even my carpenter measures twice and cuts once ::)
If they have to sign the area to be operated on it kinda makes you wonder what they do for a Haemorroid operation ? ::)
Nige
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POSSIBLEY REMOVE YOUR TONSILS. :huepfenlol2:
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The good news is...after they finish removing the other one, it wont hurt when he gets kicked in the groin.