Man With Wrong Kidney Removed Denied Adequate Compensation
I was brought into surgery at Long Beach Hospital in late 1982 when x-rays revealed that my right kidney was cancerous. The surgeons involved removed the wrong kidney. They took out the normal one. I then was transferred to UCLA Medical Center, where the cancerous kidney was removed. I have about 9% of kidney function remaining, and, because this is from the kidney that was cancerous, which was supposed to be the one to come out, I have a risk of recurrence of the original cancer. I also suffer from spinal problems arising from the medication I have to take. I can't really walk, much less work or do things I used to do, like fish.
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