Florida doctor has been indicted by a grand jury for manslaughter after removing the wrong organ from a patient…and it’s not the first time he did so. Two years ago veteran William Bryan died on the operating table after Dr. Thomas Shaknovsky removed his liver instead of the spleen. Shortly after Bryan’s death, the state surgeon general suspended the doctor’s license and said Shaknovsky "presents an immediate, serious danger to the health, welfare and safety of the public" citing "egregious surgical errors" and "egregious conduct of fabricating medical records." In 2023, Shaknovsky removed a portion of a different patient’s pancreas instead of his adrenal gland and his excuse was that the adrenal gland had "migrated" to a different part of the body.
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