Trainee NHS surgeons removed ovary instead of appendix

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The husband of a pregnant woman who died weeks after two trainee surgeons mistakenly extracted her ovary instead of her appendix described a ?litany of errors? under the NHS experience that left him ?revolted?.

In an interview with The London Evening Standard, Adelino De Jesus, 53, insisted that his wife?s death could have been prevented and that moves to rectify problems in the aftermath of a harrowing operation that saw surgeons remove the wrong organs were simply ?too late?.

Maria De Jesus, from Dagenham, was heavily pregnant when she developed pains in her stomach and was admitted to Queen?s Hospital, Romford last October. Less than four weeks later she died.

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...emoved-ovary-instead-of-appendix-8653002.html

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Terrible :( Why on earth was a pregnant woman operated on by trainees when her pregnancy made the procedure more complex and dangerous?
 
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