Air Force Veteran claims doctors removed wrong testicle

Air Force Veteran claims doctors removed wrong testicle

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LOS ANGELES -- An Air Force veteran filed a federal claim after undergoing an operation at a Veterans Administration hospital in which a healthy testicle was removed instead of a potentially cancerous one.

Benjamin Houghton, 47, was to have had his left testicle removed on June 14 at the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center because there was a chance it could harbor cancer cells. It also was atrophied and painful.

But doctors mistakenly removed the right testicle, according to medical records and the claim, which seeks $200,000 for future care and unspecified damages.

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Ouch! This is ironic. This is not an isolated incident though. There have been well documented cases in the world about errors made by doctors & other medical staff. Sometimes, the error could be fatal.

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