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Unclear markings, failure to double check to blame for blunder which saw surgery done on wrong side of patient’s skull

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Unclear marking of the surgical site and failure to double check were to blame for a medical blunder in which a doctor performed surgery on the wrong side of a patient’s skull. Findings from an analysis of the episode at Princess Margaret Hospital in Kwai Chung on July 14 were released on Friday after investigations by a six-member panel. The case, the second brain surgery blunder in public hospitals inside four months, involved an 86-year-old man who had been admitted to the...

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