Surgeon Who Removed Wrong Organ From Patient Is Charged in His Death
Dr. Thomas Shaknovsky tried to persuade his colleagues in the operating room that the liver he removed from a 70-year-old patient was a spleen, according to Florida’s Health Department. [Source]
Publication Date:Origin: nytimes.com
Category: Malpractice
Topics: Department, Health, Florida’s, according, spleen, patient, 70-year-old, removed, liver, operating, colleagues, persuade, tried, Shaknovsky, Thomas, Death, Charged, Patient, Organ, Wrong, Removed, Surgeon
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/us/florida-surgeon-manslaughter-organ-removal.html