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Woman baffled after doctor operates on WRONG knee.

Sam Coffey
Last updated: October 10, 2023 10:09 am
Sam Coffey Published October 10, 2023
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Story from Jam Press (Wrong Knee) Pictured: Bianca Petermann Stoeckl. Woman baffled after doctor operates on WRONG knee. A woman was left baffled after a doctor operated on her WRONG knee. Bianca Petermann Stoeckl went for surgery on her left one. But the doc ended up doing the op on the right knee instead. The blunder happened at the Unimed Hospital in Foz do Iguacu, Brazil. Waking up from her surgery, civil servant Bianca realised that the wrong leg had been operated on and immediately filed a police report against the doctor involved. "When I lifted the cover, my right knee was operated on,” said Bianca. “I called the team and said 'The doctor operated on my wrong leg'.” Her right knee has since been left with a scar and a screw from an unnecessary plate after the op. She has now had the procedure performed, this time on the correct knee. The Regional Council of Medicine and police are investigating. ENDS
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A woman was left baffled after a doctor operated on her WRONG knee.

Bianca Petermann Stoeckl went for surgery on her left one.

But the doc ended up doing the op on the right knee instead.

Pictured: Bianca Petermann Stoeckl’s knees. (Credit: Jam Press)

The blunder happened at the Unimed Hospital in Foz do Iguacu, Brazil.

Waking up from her surgery, civil servant Bianca realised that the wrong leg had been operated on and immediately filed a police report against the doctor involved.

“When I lifted the cover, my right knee was operated on,” said Bianca.

“I called the team and said ‘The doctor operated on my wrong leg’.”

Her right knee has since been left with a scar and a screw from an unnecessary plate after the op.

Pictured: An x-ray of Bianca Petermann Stoeckl’s knee. (Credit: Jam Press)

She has now had the procedure performed, this time on the correct knee.

The Regional Council of Medicine and police are investigating.

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