美国军人医院再爆医疗事故丑闻 老兵被错摘睾丸 ( F- T4 D0 G6 c V5 M4 z# p) J6 U/ Z/ `
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。 ; Z1 O E- B7 F* E" d" [. Z7 `0 [ , j. ?: ]9 c e' m 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。& U4 H: i( R1 p! l2 E. c
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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。 7 s: E9 @* R$ D( | 3 [" k6 n# Q! A) `! \5 l# R 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 a# V0 G! I, g4 E4 e8 x7 q; h& f1 n( L; U# H3 e7 \5 T
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。 a: p) w7 ]( }$ e1 f7 |0 F. K 5 @( a( F0 n8 [; q) d3 }% ^) XVeteran files claim after wrong testicle is removed at VA hospital in Los Angeles 6 n+ l! g- W- n) W; k
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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., t1 _ k3 L. o7 e e
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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. + |. [5 M! d, y7 e* Y" m/ [0 C/ u2 n9 h- z' Q* u( t
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.: q! Q4 c) D2 }2 i
% `- |& C% F7 Z, s* C$ h2 }Houghton, his wife, and their attorney say they hope to get the V-A's attention by going public with the situation. 7 Y' {/ \- [1 _! H* N6 Q& D3 W" y1 C4 `+ a: q3 [
The hospital says it's apologized and changed practices as a result.
