N.J. Surgeon's License Suspended After He Removes Wrong Lung

N.J. Surgeon's License Suspended After He Removes Wrong Lung

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The State Board of Medical Examiners found Dr. Santusht Perera moved a portion of the patient's right lung when he should have been removing a tumor in the left lung, the state Attorney General's Office said Wednesday.

Perera, according to the board, then told the patient that the right lung contained a life-threatening tumor, though there was no such growth. He also altered the patient's records to show he intended to operate on the right lung.

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Now this is humanity at it's worst. He essentially doomed this patient to die and then covered up his tracks. I can't believe that his license is only being suspended for 2 years.

This is a person that's supposed to be saving lives, not taking them and covering them up. I believe that because he covered it up there should've been criminal charges filed, or at the very least a permament suspension of his license.

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Paging Doctor Nick Riviera!
Unbelievable, makes me almost want to stop smoking.
At least the patient didn't go in for an orchiopexy.