State suspended Dr. Thomas Shaknovsky's license after he removed Bill Bryan's liver instead of his spleen, an order says
A Florida surgeon accused of removing a man's liver instead of his spleen during a surgery, causing the patient to bleed out on the operating table, has had his medical license suspended by the state.
In a damning emergency order from the Florida Department of Health, Dr. Thomas Shaknovsky is said to have removed Alabama resident Bill Bryan's liver instead of his spleen in a "grievous medical error" that makes him an "immediate, serious danger" to the public.
The order details Shaknovsky's alleged "egregious conduct," saying he went to great lengths to cover up his mistake by fabricating medical records, lying about what happened and pressuring others to lie about what happened.
The order says Shaknovsky lied and gave several different accounts of what happened during the surgery, finally admitting that at one point during the operation he fired a stapling device "blindly" into the abdomen and removed an organ he "believed to be a spleen."
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A Florida surgeon accused of removing a man's liver instead of his spleen during a surgery, causing the patient to bleed out on the operating table, has had his medical license suspended by the state.
In a damning emergency order from the Florida Department of Health, Dr. Thomas Shaknovsky is said to have removed Alabama resident Bill Bryan's liver instead of his spleen in a "grievous medical error" that makes him an "immediate, serious danger" to the public.
The order details Shaknovsky's alleged "egregious conduct," saying he went to great lengths to cover up his mistake by fabricating medical records, lying about what happened and pressuring others to lie about what happened.
The order says Shaknovsky lied and gave several different accounts of what happened during the surgery, finally admitting that at one point during the operation he fired a stapling device "blindly" into the abdomen and removed an organ he "believed to be a spleen."
Florida surgeon accused of fatally removing man’s liver instead of spleen has license suspended
The surgeon accused of removing the wrong organ during a surgery that left an Alabama man dead has now had his medical license suspended by the Florida Department of Health.
