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[–] Mantzy81@aussie.zone 4 points 1 week ago

Given a diagram of the human body as they were sent home.

[–] YeahToast@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago

Creating a stoma from the wrong end of the bowel.. that be bloody wild.

[–] 7112@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

_A coronial inquest into the 79-year-old’s death, referred to in the tribunal’s decision, found he died as a result of complications of inflammation, which was contributed to by the surgical error made by Schmidt.

“Other contributing causes to his physical decline and death included the prolonged delay in diagnosis of a mechanical bowel obstruction together with underlying natural causes,” the decision said.

The tribunal found Schmidt also failed to provide the man with appropriate post-operative care._

A man dies and only six months...

[–] fizzle@quokk.au 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Her error was a contributing factor, not the only cause.

Also, she needs to be "supervised" for the rest of her career. That's costly.

[–] PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

1000 patients had repeat colonoscopies because she did theirs in roughly 5 minutes and couldn't possibly have visualized everything.