The family of the 37-year-old patient, Tran Van Thao, said he had been diagnosed with the paralysis of a nerve in the left leg, which caused him to walk unsteadily. A hospital spokesperson admitted the mistake would affect the functions of the patient’s right leg. Hanoi’s Viet Duc Hospital, one of Vietnam’s leading medical facilities, has suspended a surgeon and his team for mistakenly operating on a patient’s right leg instead of his left Tuesday. Tran Binh Giang, deputy director of the hospital, said the whole surgery team was at fault. They paid VND5.5 million (US$250) for the surgery, but were later asked to pay again after the surgeon found out he had cut open the wrong leg.

Source: Thanhnien News July 20, 2016 04:07 UTC