Newborn baby underwent traumatic medical procedure after NHS staff picked up the wrong baby
The bungle — a jab in the spine to draw fluid — came because they had the same surname and similar first names.A newborn was given a traumatic medical procedure after being mistaken for another baby in an NHS hospitalOthers included a man circumcised when he was meant to have just a bladder check.
A patient got a laser op on the wrong eye after going forward when someone else’s name was called. Further gaffes saw surgeons amputate the wrong toe and remove tonsils by mistake.The toll is a shock rise on 356 errors over 12 months in 2016-17 — the last full year for which figures are available. The NHS admits the so-called “never event” blunders are “serious, largely preventable patient safety incidents”.McCanns owe £29k libel bill to cop who accused them of killing MaddieHow Kate Middleton and 'Turnip Toff' rival share startling similaritiesExclusiveBIRDS OF A TETHERShadow Health Secretary Jonathan Ashworth blamed “Tory squeezes and failures to recruit”.“The NHS is one of the safest health systems in the world.
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