澳大利亞一患者被切掉錯誤的結(jié)腸

A botched pathology result has led to a cancer patient having the wrong part of his colon removed at an Australian hospital.

澳大利亞一家醫(yī)院，根據(jù)一個錯誤的病理結(jié)果，切掉一名癌癥患者一段錯誤的結(jié)腸。

The male patient was undergoing colorectal surgery at Northern Beaches Hospital (NBH) in Sydney last week when surgeons accidentally removed the wrong section.

這名男性患者上周在悉尼北部海灘醫(yī)院(NBH)接受結(jié)直腸手術(shù)，醫(yī)生在手術(shù)中切除了錯誤的部分。

The Sydney Morning Herald reports the removal was due to a mistake in the pathology report supplied by the hospitals external pathology provider Australian Clinical Labs (ACL).

《悉尼先驅(qū)晨報》報道稱，這場醫(yī)療事故是由于(ACL)提供的錯誤病理報告造成的。ACL：是該醫(yī)院外部病理學供應(yīng)商澳大利亞臨床實驗室。

ACL's director of communications said the company does not comment on individual patient cases due to privacy and referred the Sydney Morning Herald back to the hospital.

ACL通訊主管表示，由于隱私問題，該公司不會對個別病人的病例發(fā)表評論，并將《悉尼先驅(qū)晨報》推回了醫(yī)院。

According to NBH's private operator Healthscope, the patient and his family have been given full disclosure and his ongoing care and treatment is being supported by NBH.

據(jù)NBH的私營運營商Healthscope稱，已與該患者和他的家人進行了充分的溝通，目前的護理和治療費用由NBH提供。

The incident has been referred to the NSW Ministry of Health and its cause is under investigation.

該事件已提交新南威爾士州衛(wèi)生部，事故原因正在調(diào)查中。

"Wrong-site surgery" is one of the most serious, rare and preventable medical errors. Any event must be reported at the highest level of the health system, reports Sydney Morning Herald.

“手術(shù)部位錯誤”是最嚴重、最罕見、最可預防的醫(yī)療錯誤之一。據(jù)《悉尼先驅(qū)晨報》報道，任何醫(yī)療事故都必須向衛(wèi)生系統(tǒng)的最高級別報告。

On Friday, the patient returned to the hospital to have corrective surgery. It is unknown whether he will suffer long-term effects from the accidental removal.

周五，病人回到醫(yī)院接受修復手術(shù)。目前還不清楚他是否會因為這次意外而遭受長期的影響。