& v6 U( M$ l' ^' ~ 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。4 J7 u7 Z9 Z2 y; k
5 f0 C1 b* V# B# \2 _ { 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。 5 o' S. L. b9 T X. C5 D9 T- d3 r; h7 L3 w+ K
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。 6 [/ B5 W0 X; l2 \ S: W 6 o6 L$ C$ n: Z: Z 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。 + o$ V( Q3 N6 F8 A( \1 R7 W 2 ^% `! p' W* l* o2 {" GVeteran files claim after wrong testicle is removed at VA hospital in Los Angeles 1 K( X( J2 d) }! |
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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.# r' i2 k- @' x$ k' m" ?/ O# E
# X" ?8 X5 L$ A& p' X" NBenjamin 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. 0 t, w" N& _. v/ O8 c7 E9 u, ~) ~: L; [! @- M9 C
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.1 {# @( Z( w2 u( J3 Q" Z
# a0 q) T5 \* nHoughton, his wife, and their attorney say they hope to get the V-A's attention by going public with the situation. ( m0 v* ?7 K' L. g" H" r L1 J# F/ ~# ~
The hospital says it's apologized and changed practices as a result.
