美国军人医院再爆医疗事故丑闻 老兵被错摘睾丸 4 F0 `1 p/ P# y! [1 R! F4 y8 w
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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。5 ]7 @) L; `, ?6 h5 Z5 Y' U
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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。( ~1 f' F4 M7 R- {; G1 S
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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。 2 L/ Y6 M+ H" W8 e& A' {% \
# g7 T7 q4 u0 h S; B" E8 a4 G0 m 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。# g$ H: n/ s; i, H2 m* p7 z
- L. F9 ^, Z' W 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。 * i% d$ ?! L; o- C7 P) } ! h+ p# u! K1 t/ Y1 BVeteran files claim after wrong testicle is removed at VA hospital in Los Angeles ( K! \3 t. ~; A
% K. t. S; D1 p. ^& x2 O( K& H. lLOS 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 Z% ?/ }" E' f: E5 D9 c ; Q) y: y- P: a: I; G" C6 U" {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 ^2 q, V- t2 M1 }; W+ M. a
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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.8 v: c3 T) [" y; S( \! {9 x3 }
* ?! o, J5 H: @: k1 {9 w. dHoughton, his wife, and their attorney say they hope to get the V-A's attention by going public with the situation.6 a1 X2 i+ A2 c) R+ M5 E$ Q
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The hospital says it's apologized and changed practices as a result.
