美国军人医院再爆医疗事故丑闻 老兵被错摘睾丸 # J4 J2 z" d& Z 5 `0 L$ b' F% E' L/ q中新网洛杉矶4月5日电 近日，美国一名退役的老兵正式向联邦法院提起诉讼，指控一家老兵医院在手术中，错误地将其健康的睾丸摘除。# H2 R. {0 a$ Z" Q) z& q }! {
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本杰明-霍顿现年47岁，曾经在美国空军中服役。由于查出其左侧睾丸中有癌细胞扩散，在洛杉矶退伍军人医疗中心接受了左侧睾丸摘除手术。但是不幸的是，由于医生在手术中的疏忽，错将其健康的右侧睾丸切除。 Y) N4 ^, ]0 \5 U7 B
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本杰明-霍顿称，术后医生告诉他，“很不幸，我们错误地切除了您健康的睾丸。”当时，本杰明-霍顿还以为这是一个玩笑。当他知道真相后，完全惊呆了，“我问他们，那我应该怎么办？”医院的负责人已经正式向他表示了道歉。目前，本杰明-霍顿正在等待着切除左侧睾丸。 1 l% B' b7 m l6 D2 R
' X6 c6 A) D& N* B0 M* ?2 \0 H5 Y7 X 本杰明-霍顿及其妻子已经向联邦法院提起诉讼，要求洛杉矶退伍军人医疗中心赔偿其损失20万美元，他们还希望，此事能够得到老兵团体们的关注，以改善退伍军人的医疗状况。' ~5 t4 _6 y4 x T* s( P% v2 \
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美国老兵医院近日以来丑闻不断，先后爆出了缺医少药及环境恶劣等丑闻。新闻被曝光后，引起了公众的震惊。 美国国会对此非常愤怒，并迫使五角大楼三名高级官员为此辞职。布什也曾亲自对老兵们表达了道歉。$ R% L% ]1 n( N4 s {3 P) I& y& E
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LOS ANGELES A veterans hospital in Los Angeles is under fire after removing an Air Force Veteran's healthy testicle instead of a potentially cancerous one. 9 T% q3 I8 m8 d+ ~& f1 e. M$ M$ N2 T3 t# T5 ]
Benjamin Houghton has filed a federal claim against the West Los Angeles V-A Medical Center. The 47-year-old veteran was to have had his left testicle removed June 14th because there was a chance it could harbor cancer cells. It also was atrophied and painful.7 d* f4 v% k$ K0 [
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But medical records and the legal claim say doctors removed Houghton's healthy right testicle. The claim seeks 200-thousand dollars for future care and unspecified damages. He still hasn't had the other testicle removed. 4 ]" O4 u0 d8 w+ V : ?' C0 n8 z) T/ [& i" W2 }Houghton, his wife, and their attorney say they hope to get the V-A's attention by going public with the situation. % D- ~4 H1 W+ J: ` & n, O/ b D' q5 l( J, e& ~The hospital says it's apologized and changed practices as a result.
