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.
We take allegations like this very seriously.
Patient safety is and remains our number one priority, theestablishmentsaid.
The attorney, however, believes this to be further proof of thesurgeons mistake.
Most also called for the immediate suspension of those responsible.
This is so sad.
Thedoctorshould immediately be suspended and reported to the licensing board, one stated.
This is incredibly sad.
I cant imagine this ever happening.
Hopefully this doctor gets fired and faces criminal charges, wrote one reader.
This was the second mistake that the doctor had made.
The first one settled for an undisclosed amount, another pointed out.
This doctor has done this before in another case in 2023.
Why is he still allowed in a hospital setting?
Why is he still allowed to treat patients!?
asked a reader in disbelief.
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