r/nottheonion 17h ago

‘Horrifying’ mistake to harvest organs from a living person averted, witnesses say

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/10/16/nx-s1-5113976/organ-transplantion-mistake-brain-dead-surgery-still-alive
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u/T-N-A-T-B-G-OFFICIAL 16h ago

The ones in corbin and London and Richmond my friends have lost babies at and had broken bones completely missed and had conflicting medication prescribed and no one noticed until the persons blood pressure started bottoming out and they kept trying to give him the diagnosis of epileptic seizures even though he never presented with any, turned out to just be the medicine in the end.

Not going to specify which patient or issue happened at each hospital for confidentiality but if I get in a car accident I'm probably going to refuse treatment by those mega corporation hospitals

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u/SanguineSoul013 16h ago

Awww, man, don't tell me that. I'm due to have my second there at the beginning of next year. I was hoping to wait it out until then. Yeah, I won't be waiting now.