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    Japanese surgeon removes healthy brain tissue, leaving woman on ventilator


    Japanese surgeon removes healthy brain tissue, leaving woman on ventilator

    https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3368212/japanese-surgeon-removes-healthy-brain-tissue-leaving-woman-ventilator?utm_source=Reddit&utm_medium=Social

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    1. scmp_news on

      A Japanese woman was left unable to breathe on her own after a veteran surgeon mistakenly removed healthy tissue instead of a benign tumour from her brain.

      Kyoto University Hospital apologised for the medical error and vowed to take measures to prevent similar incidents, local news outlet TV Asahi reported.

      Read more: [https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3368212/japanese-surgeon-removes-healthy-brain-tissue-leaving-woman-ventilator?utm_source=Reddit&utm_medium=Social](https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3368212/japanese-surgeon-removes-healthy-brain-tissue-leaving-woman-ventilator?utm_source=Reddit&utm_medium=Social)

    2. Azarashiya0309 on

      Psychotic reporting. A healthy person has been paralyzed and crippled for life. Their family and QoL might never recover from this travesty.
      Article: A woman was left unable to breathe.

    5. macross1984 on

      **”Vowed to take measures to prevent similar incidents”**

      Standard excuse given when someone screw up royally.

    7. chantastical on

      Need proper external oversight across all medical institutions in Japan. Too much is discretionary. It will just be a bow and a promise, and then fade to silence. So tragic.

      Last para of article:

      ‘Japan introduced a medical accident investigation system under the Medical Care Act in October 2015, mandating internal reviews for unexpected deaths. However, a study published in the JMA Journal in 2023 found that under-reporting persisted because of fears of legal liability and a lack of strict penalties for non-compliance.’

      Key thing is ‘mandating internal reviews’.

      Internal only, and not enforced. Appearance of implementing international best practice but then in practice not much changes. Protect the status quo is the Japanese way.