Did you know that, in the US alone, approximately seven surgeries are performed on the wrong patient or body part every day.
(CNN) — Early one morning in April, Tasha Gaul and Dale Matlock took their young son, Jesse, to a hospital in Portland, Oregon, for surgery to correct his lazy eye. It was supposed to be an easy procedure: Jesse, who was 3 at the time, wouldn’t even have to spend the night at the hospital.
The surgery was indeed quick and simple. The problem was, it was on the wrong eye.
Gaul says she remembers what the surgeon, Dr. Shawn Goodman, said to her as she exited the operating room.
According to Gaul, Goodman told her, “Frankly, I lost my sense of direction, and by the time I realized it was the left eye, I was almost done.”
Gaul claims that after Goodman realized her mistake, she performed the surgery on the correct eye.
In a statement to CNN, Goodman’s office, Child Eye Care Associates, wrote that she cares very much about all of her patients and wants only the best for them. Because of patient confidentiality (HIPAA), she cannot talk about any patient to the public, the statement said.
I’m just beside myself. I have no idea what happened in that operating room,” said Gaul, who’d been taking her son to Goodman for two years before the surgery.
In the US alone, approximately seven surgeries are performed on the wrong patient or body part every day
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