Austria Surgeon Fined 2,700 Euros For Amputating Wrong Leg
Vienna, Austria |: The Austrian court has fined the surgeon to amputate the wrong leg of an elderly patient, a trial spokesperson in the North City of Linz told Wednesday.
While the 43-year-old defendant said his actions were caused by "human error", the judge found him guilty of negligence and finches 2,700 euros ($ 3,060), with half the suspended amount, the spokesman said.
The surgeon has marked the wrong foot of 82-year-old patients for amputation ahead of the operation in May in the center of the center of Freistadt, just paying attention to errors two days after conducting surgery.
The court gave 5,000 euros in damage plus interest in the widow of the patient, who died before the case came to court.
The surgeon said there was a defect in the control chain in the operating theater. Si...