British man sues hospital for removing wrong testicle during cancer surgery The 48-year-old Wiltshire man said he's no longer sure he can have children. Officials from Salisbury District Hospital apologized, calling the incident 'regrettable.' Comments (12) By Philip Caufield / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Monday, February 25, 2013, 11:28 AM
A British man in Wiltshire, England, is suing a hospital for removing the wrong testicle during cancer surgery in June.
A British man is suing a hospital after doctors there botched his cancer surgery by removing the wrong testicle.
The 48-year-old man was supposed to have a cancerous testicle removed during the June operation at Salisbury District Hospital, but doctors mistakenly cut out the healthy one, according to British reports.
Doctors realized their mistake during the procedure and tried to reattach the testicle, but they weren't able to, the newspaper Metro reported.
The man, who is from Wiltshire in southwest England, told Metro he feared the bungled surgery may have robbed him of his ability to have children.
The head of a patient watchdog group in Wiltshire said the hospital's doctors committed a "tragic" blunder.
 MJ Kim/Getty Images The Salisbury District Hospital. The hospital acknowledged the blunder and apologized to the patient.
"With this type of operation men need confidence they can put their trust fully in the hospital," Phil Matthews, chairman of the Wiltshire Involvement Network, said.
The hospital apologized to the patient, calling the mistake "regrettable."
“We have received notification from solicitors of pending legal action. This is a regrettable incident, and the trust once again offers its sincere apologies to the patient," Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust said in a statement to the local Salisbury Journal.
“The patient was informed straight after the completion of surgery of the situation and that additional surgery had taken place to rectify this.
"The trust carried out a thorough investigation, and, as part of this, the trust immediately made changes to its processes.”
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