A Kaohsiung hospital has been fined and at least five medical personnel have been fired or received demerits after performing surgery on the wrong patient.
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00:00A chief surgeon and a hospital dean in Kaohsiung have been fired after a surgery was performed
00:05on the wrong patient.
00:07Four hospital workers were also punished for involvement in the incorrect surgery.
00:11The hospital says a worker failed to identify the patient before transferring him to the
00:15operating room.
00:17Only after the surgery did another nurse notice the wrong patient had been taken.
00:21The doctor who performed the surgery was also reported to have forged the patient's medical
00:25consent forms.
00:26The hospital has been fined US$15,000 over the incident.