Cancer Patients Get Rid of Wrong Kidney...Lawsuits by living with one sick kidney
Sep 25, 2025
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According to French media such as Le Parisien, a medical accident occurred at a hospital in Creteille near Paris that incorrectly removed the healthy kidneys of a 77-year-old cancer patient.
The patient recently underwent a nephrectomy to treat cancerous tumors, and when he woke up after the operation, he learned that doctors had removed the kidney on the wrong side.
Although the patient accurately filled out the checklist conducted by the medical staff before the operation, the operation was performed in the opposite healthy kidney. In kidney cancer patients, surgery to remove the entire kidney is known to have a 5-year survival rate of more than 90%, but this patient is now in a situation where he has to rely on one diseased kidney.
Although the patient's life is not under immediate threat, long-term health problems and poor quality of life have been inevitable due to medical staff's mistakes.
The patient's family has taken legal action against the hospital, and the hospital has not officially stated its position, citing medical confidentiality.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
