Seoul, South Korea (CNN) Police have launched an investigation in South Korea after a doctor performed an abortion by mistake.
On August 7, a pregnant patient with a 6-week-old fetus had gone to a clinic in district of Gangseo, in the country's capital Seoul, according to the Gangseo police. At the clinic, a mix-up in medical charts and failure to check her identity led to the mistaken abortion.
The doctor and nurse in charge are under investigation, and the case will soon be sent to the prosecutor's office, police told CNN.
"The doctor and nurse have acknowledged their fault," a police official said. They are now being accused of negligence resulting in bodily harm.
According to South Korean news agency Yonhap, the patient was supposed to receive a nutritional shot at the clinic. The nurse had allegedly injected her with anesthesia without confirming her identity, and the doctor had performed the abortion without checking her identity either, Yonhap reported. The patient had been unaware of the procedure.
gleaming-the-cubicle on September 24th, 2019 at 16:12 UTC »
About a year ago, my wife broke her wrist and needed surgical pins put in. I wrote "WRONG ARM" in Sharpie on the one that wasn't being operated on for this very reason. Doctors are just humans like the rest of us.
irishnthedirtywaters on September 24th, 2019 at 15:58 UTC »
This really speaks to the doctors poor bedside manner. I went in to get an ultrasound to make sure my iud was in place correctly and my gyn asked why I was there sat down and talked me through possible symptoms and then walked me through each step as he was preforming the ultrasound. Why the fuck didn’t the doctor go in and say “so your here for this procedure” let me walk you through what’s going to happen. Then the lady could have said ...hold up what????
ThisBotheredMeALot on September 24th, 2019 at 15:08 UTC »
Holy fuck. This sucks for everyone involved.