The doctor operated on the wrong patient.

A 61-year-old male patient with kidney stones went to Lam Dong General Hospital for an X-ray. The doctor mistook the X-ray results for someone else's and performed surgery to "remove a foreign object in the stomach".

On February 21, a representative of Lam Dong General Hospital confirmed that the endoscopic surgery team made a mistake when operating on the wrong patient, Nguyen Hong Hai, residing in Lam Ha district.

Patient Hai had a history of kidney stones for more than 10 years and had undergone surgery and lithotripsy twice. Recently, he had pain and relapsed. On the morning of February 20, his wife took him to the hospital and ordered an X-ray. By noon of the same day, the doctor informed him that Mr. Hai had a foreign object, a plastic tube about 30 cm long, in his abdomen and needed laparoscopic surgery to remove it.

The X-ray result of the foreign object (red circled area) of the patient needing surgery was mistaken by the doctor for patient Hai, leading to the wrong person being operated on. Photo: Khanh Huong

Ms. Nguyen Thi Huu, Mr. Hai's wife, said that 10 days ago her husband had an X-ray at the district medical center and there were no foreign objects in his abdomen. "Although we were a bit 'concerned', the doctor ordered an urgent surgery so the family agreed," the patient's wife said.

During the 30-minute surgery, the medical team could not find the plastic tube in Hai’s abdomen. The team later announced that they had mistaken Hai’s X-ray film for another patient and apologized.

A representative of Lam Dong General Hospital said they are clarifying the mistakes of those involved in the surgery. The hospital will refund the hospital fees, monitor his health, and visit Mr. Nguyen Hong Hai's home to apologize.

The patient with a foreign object in his stomach also underwent surgery after the mistake.

Truong Ha - Khanh Huong

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