People make mistakes, horses stumble

People make mistakes, horses stumble
— Chinese proverb

A doctor says to their patient, “I have good news and bad news. Which do you want to hear first?”
- “The bad news.”
- “Well, your good leg was cut off by mistake.”
- “And what about the good news?”
- “Your broken leg can heal.”

 
Everyone makes mistakes! But when you suspect that your doctor has made a mistake, you start wondering whether you should contact them. Will you recover, or will there be a fatal outcome?
I wanted to write again about medicine and doctors who do not always do their jobs—and sometimes make terrible mistakes. It all started with a call from one of my friends (of a similar age) who lives in Lithuania. Her teeth have been hurting for a long time, and she could hardly wait to visit the dentist. The dentist quickly located the aching tooth, put her under anesthesia, and replaced the old filling with a new one. But after the effects of anesthesia had receded, my friend still felt pain from her tooth. Why did this happen? Simply because the dentist had mixed up her teeth—instead of the sick one, he treated a healthy one! Awesome! And who will pay for this procedure? How should she get rid of the pain?! The question is, of course, interesting!
It's hard to believe that a doctor might not know the difference between left and right. But this happened in Florida, when a surgeon cut off a patient's right leg instead of their left. When they realized the mistake, the hospital staff assured the patient that the second leg would have had to be removed anyway, since there was an infection there! The doctor’s license was taken away, and he and the hospital were fined. But even so, you can't sew a leg back on!
               
On top of that, I once read a story that a 10-year-old boy had accidentally injured one of his eyes with a knife. The doctor decided that it was necessary to remove this eye, but after the operation he found that he had confused and removed the healthy eye! What a nightmare! What should happen to these doctors?!
And then, I remembered that I had such an unpleasant case myself—when some objects from an operation had been left in my body. After one of my operations, my surgeon showed me a piece of thread, which was used to sew up the incision—and which had been left in my body (as a keepsake, I think). The consequences of this mistake were very unpleasant—the inflammation almost cost me my life…
I would like to shout: “Dear surgeons! Please be vigilant! A person's life depends on you!”

               
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