Saturday, August 25, 2012

Idiots

From the New York Daily News:
An Ohio hospital has suspended its kidney transplant program after a nurse accidentally threw out a healthy kidney during surgery.
The University of Toledo Medical Center called the incident a rare accident.
The botched surgery happened earlier this month when a Toledo man had his kidney removed to donate to his sister, the Toledo Blade reported.
The donated organ was supposed to be immediately transferred to the waiting patient, but at some point it was tossed out with the medical waste.
It took about an hour to locate the discarded kidney, which was by then ruined, hospital officials said.
“In the process of transferring a kidney from a donor, a human error rendered the kidney unusable,” the hospital said.
I don't even know how this could have happened since they keep the kidney's separate and it wastes a totally good kidney that may have improved a person's life or at least, gave the donor a healthy 2nd kidney.
Morons.

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