“The university hospital, linköping”
“the Man died in the hospital – would not have had surgery.”
“A patient died at the university Hospital in Linköping, sweden after a surgery that was intended for another patient.”
“According to lex Maria-notification mix-up two in the hospital patologavdelning, the wrong patient received a diagnosis of high-grade prostate cancer and had surgery.”
“– It is, of course, an unfortunate and very regrettable incident, ” says chefläkare AnnSofi Sommer to the news agency Siren.”
“Förväxlingen caused by that the staff placed the tissue samples on the glass which was marked with the wrong patient’s name, something that was not discovered. “
“– Clinical pathology has a good quality and is very accurate, but it is difficult to completely prevent mistakes despite all the efforts. Thank you is such events are very rare, ” says AnnSofi Sommer to the Siren.”
“the Man who underwent surgery also had cancer. According to the notification, his illness is not so serious that an operation was required. He would really been diagnosed with atypical glands and a proper management had been continued monitoring and new samples. “
“But the man was operated on and he died of blood clots in the lungs, a rare operationskomplikation. “
“Chefläkaren say that the unnecessary operation may have been a contributing factor to the complications. For this not to happen again, it has tightened up the procedures further. “
“– We have introduced additional rutinskärpningar to refine and secure the process, ” says AnnSofi Sommer to the news.”
“The other man’s treatment should not have been affected by förväxlingen. “
“✓ Aftonbladet have searched AnnSofi Sommer for a comment. “
