“Completely Heartbreaking”: Wife Loses Husband Of 33 Years After Surgeon Removes Wrong Organ
The incident left his wife of 33 years heartbroken and advocating forcivil and criminal chargesagainst the surgeon. Being a nurse, she wanted her husband to return home for the procedure, but bothDr. Shaknovskyand the hospitals chief officer,Dr. Dr. Shaknovsky instead cut the major vasculature supplying the liver, immediately causing his patients death. Dr. Shaknovsky had already made a grave mistake while operating on another patient in 2023. He mistakenlyremovedpart of a patients pancreas instead of performing an adrenal gland resection....