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Whoopsy

Monday, July 07, 2008
 
Boston Globe has this story about a surgeon accidentally operating on the wrong side. Here's a memo that also went out in the hospital, in which hospital administrators explain what went wrong.

We have a bill this year - AB 2146 (Feuer), which would make sure the patient, who would have to undergo surgery on the correct side, is not charged for the flubbed one too.

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