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To: darkhorse30 who wrote (1451)	1/27/2000 7:38:00 PM
From: T L Comiskey	Respond to of 35685

Some folks cant tell their left from their right....."Next...!!" Healthy Kidney Removed From Patient LONDON (Reuters) - The condition of an elderly British man whose healthy kidney was mistakenly removed by surgeons deteriorated Thursday as embarrassed hospital officials launched an inquiry into the botched operation. ``He had an uncomfortable night. Last night we described his condition as critical but stable. He is now critical,' a spokesman for Morriston Hospital in Swansea, Wales, told Reuters. The 69-year-old man, who has not been identified, was transferred to Morriston after undergoing the operation at the Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli, south Wales. He underwent surgery Monday to remove a diseased kidney. But a surgeon took out the pensioner's healthy kidney by mistake, leaving him with just the damaged organ. The hospital later described the mix-up as an ``adverse clinical incident.' Relatives of the man, who is an unmarried with no immediate family, are reported to have consulted a lawyer. Mike Jones, the chief executive of the Carmarthenshire NHS Trust, said an inquiry had been mounted and the surgeon suspended from his normal duties. ``We simply don't understand the reason why this happened,' he said. The hospital said no similar operations would be carried out until the investigation was completed. A family friend of the patient told reporters that it was 'almost unbelievable that they operated on the wrong one.'