How To Avoid Getting “butchered” While Undergoing Surgery

Yikes! I feel so bad for the child's family.

 

@SuiDhaaga

A surgery has 5 different aspects to it and they are a) Skills of the surgeon, b) Anasthesialogist that provides the right level of anesthesia, c)infrastructure available in a particular surgical center, d) cleanliness and sterilization process in the surgical center and e) patheology support, if needed. Anyone of this can go wrong in a given day and the patients have the right to inquire about all aspects mentioned above before agreeing to the surgery despite signature of consent is obtained before the surgery. Medical Malpractice law suits are many in the US and in general, the hospital, the surgeon and the anasthesiologist will ensure that they cross the "t"s and dot the "i"s before a procedure. They pay high premium to protect their practice and therefore, no one will be casual about such procedures. I am sure the court will decide who is at fault but it is of no use to the parents as they have lost their precious child and no money can replace their child.

In general, it is best to avoid surgery unless it is extremely critical to undergo one and from what I read from your post, it looks like your uncle needs one. Frankly, your uncle should take a second opinion and should gather what information he should ask for before the procedure.

Note: The hospitals are like a factory and they make best use of the infrastructure as much as possible as most of them are for profit organizations. There will be multiple procedures in a day and sometimes, the patients will be shuffled around based on the hospital and surgeon's needs. Only thing the patient can't control is his/her preferred time for the procedure. Given a chance, a patient should prefer early morning hours.

When I had a procedure recently for umblical hernia, I was asked repeatedly what procedure they are supposed to perform that day and so was my wife when she had a surgery for her multiple fracture in her left elbow. They even marked ("X") in the hand in which they were supposed to perform surgery with a marker.

 

No need to repeat the same tests again but he can ask opinion from another Cardiologist. At least he needs to gather information as to what he needs to ask the hospital, surgeon, anasthesiologist, etc. before his surgery from other sources, if possible. I noticed that most patients are so knowledgeable before they undergo a procedure. When I went to the procedure, I noticed that I was the least knowledgeable and least prepared. The Americans don't hesitate to ask difficult questions.

 

Doctors don't get offended in usa.
You can ask as many questions as you want.
I used to have all questions in docs in my phone. That way we won't miss any questions.

I am curious. Why are you confusing the baby's incident with your uncle?