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标题: [国际新闻] 美国军人医院老兵被错摘睾丸 [打印本页]

作者: 日月光    时间: 2007-4-5 10:31     标题: 美国军人医院老兵被错摘睾丸

美国军人医院再爆医疗事故丑闻 老兵被错摘睾丸
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中新网洛杉矶4月5日电 近日,美国一名退役的老兵正式向联邦法院提起诉讼,指控一家老兵医院在手术中,错误地将其健康的睾丸摘除。
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& m1 [" x+ J" H$ m2 q: m" X% U  本杰明-霍顿现年47岁,曾经在美国空军中服役。由于查出其左侧睾丸中有癌细胞扩散,在洛杉矶退伍军人医疗中心接受了左侧睾丸摘除手术。但是不幸的是,由于医生在手术中的疏忽,错将其健康的右侧睾丸切除。! K4 w% L5 _# X" J6 T4 a' W

8 R' n" w& |! s* v, v# o; `  本杰明-霍顿称,术后医生告诉他,“很不幸,我们错误地切除了您健康的睾丸。”当时,本杰明-霍顿还以为这是一个玩笑。当他知道真相后,完全惊呆了,“我问他们,那我应该怎么办?”医院的负责人已经正式向他表示了道歉。目前,本杰明-霍顿正在等待着切除左侧睾丸。 " H+ V+ f5 M' x4 I$ K% {

. D& N7 `# o+ ]! C. N  }. d+ E  本杰明-霍顿及其妻子已经向联邦法院提起诉讼,要求洛杉矶退伍军人医疗中心赔偿其损失20万美元,他们还希望,此事能够得到老兵团体们的关注,以改善退伍军人的医疗状况。; e. L' U' ~( ~

) s- {6 v% p- }# U/ U# v5 S; G/ k  美国老兵医院近日以来丑闻不断,先后爆出了缺医少药及环境恶劣等丑闻。新闻被曝光后,引起了公众的震惊。 美国国会对此非常愤怒,并迫使五角大楼三名高级官员为此辞职。布什也曾亲自对老兵们表达了道歉。

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LOS ANGELES A veterans hospital in Los Angeles is under fire after removing an Air Force Veteran's healthy testicle instead of a potentially cancerous one.3 [$ ~: V% m; T$ d3 ^

3 ^) x2 {( N7 r% _  YBenjamin Houghton has filed a federal claim against the West Los Angeles V-A Medical Center. The 47-year-old veteran was to have had his left testicle removed June 14th because there was a chance it could harbor cancer cells. It also was atrophied and painful.2 G7 u0 `! f0 R9 _
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But medical records and the legal claim say doctors removed Houghton's healthy right testicle. The claim seeks 200-thousand dollars for future care and unspecified damages. He still hasn't had the other testicle removed.
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! V3 ^2 `3 \+ |6 t! kHoughton, his wife, and their attorney say they hope to get the V-A's attention by going public with the situation., H& H3 c9 }$ S* b% C$ b$ m, E

. J8 }5 H+ f' ^6 \) y- D6 A* \, mThe hospital says it's apologized and changed practices as a result.




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