British surgeon does not remove the gall bladder, the patient

The surgeons of the London Hospital of St Mary accidentally removed a woman healthy gallbladder. The scandal is the fact that the hospital is the current health minister Ara Darzi (Ara Darzi) tightened. The woman was admitted to the hospital for gynecological diagnosis, but they laparoscopic gallbladder removal instead of other patients with the same surname. The surgery was uneventful, but the absence of gallbladder impaired digestion, require special diets and may have some long-term effects that have put the so-called postcholecystectomical syndrome. In fact initiated an internal investigation into the incident, as the conditions of the hospital include multiple layers of protection against such errors. First, each patient comes to surgery to have the arm band to sign to be worn with a personal number, a letter of agreement for a particular operation, and always carry their medical records. Secondly, controlled information about a transaction for a particular patient surgical nurse, anesthetist and the surgeon himself. Under such circumstances, patients confuse difficult. If a woman opts for a hospital to request court, the amount of compensation in the hundreds of thousands of pounds. For the surgeon removes the gallbladder healthy full incident seriously their careers.