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Hospital mishaps: Tell us your story
- February 18, 2010 10:46 AM |
- By POV
Hotel Dieu Grace Hospital officials said Wednesday that Dr. Barbara
Heartwell, a surgeon with 28 years of experience, performed a
mastectomy on a patient who did not have cancer.(CBC)
Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital in Windsor, Ont., is investigating what it calls a serious mistake involving a woman who had a mastectomy when she did not have cancer.
The hospital held a news conference Wednesday afternoon explaining details of the incident.
Hospital officials said the woman was initially told she had breast cancer and underwent a single mastectomy in the fall of 2009.
The operation was performed by Dr. Barbara Heartwell, a surgeon with 28 years of experience.
It was only after the surgery that Heartwell told the patient she had made a mistake, and that the woman did not have cancer.
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Have mistakes big or small happen to you in a hospital? Tell us about it.
Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital in Windsor, Ont., is investigating what it calls a serious mistake involving a woman who had a mastectomy when she did not have cancer.
The hospital held a news conference Wednesday afternoon explaining details of the incident.
Hospital officials said the woman was initially told she had breast cancer and underwent a single mastectomy in the fall of 2009.
The operation was performed by Dr. Barbara Heartwell, a surgeon with 28 years of experience.
It was only after the surgery that Heartwell told the patient she had made a mistake, and that the woman did not have cancer.
Read more:
Have mistakes big or small happen to you in a hospital? Tell us about it.
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