Investigation to commence on Surgeon who operated on wrong breast

Investigation to commence on Surgeon who operated on wrong breast

The sources in ministry of heath has revealed that a certain  well known and competent  senior Surgeon  who had commenced a surgery by a mistake  on a woman's  right breast to remove a lump at the operating theatre of the Nagoda national hospital. After opening the right breast the Surgeon had realised the lump was on the left breast had said he had made a mistake and continued the operation to remove the lump on the left breast.

After the operation the woman concerned and her husband had made this mistake known to the related authorities  and also made this news published in certain media.

The Director of the Nagoda national hospital Dr Pradeep Wijesinghe had conveyed to the media that this particular woman had needed to be operated on both her breasts. As this was needed the Surgeon had opened out both breasts.

However in order to investigate into this incident the  authorities of the ministry of health has appointed a committee  comprising of three persons .In this contest the Director General of health services Dr Palitha Maheepala has requested the committee of the three persons appointed to submit a report within a week to him.