LAist: Surgery on Wrong Knee, No Meds Lead to Hospital Fines http://laist.com/2008/05/22/surgery_on_wron.php All comments for Surgery on Wrong Knee, No Meds Lead to Hospital Fines en-us 2008 la_jeremy Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:00:00 -0800 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss jeremy.oberstein@gmail.com jeremy.oberstein@gmail.com 60 Manny http://laist.com/2008/05/22/surgery_on_wron.php#comment-1369285 http://laist.com/2008/05/22/surgery_on_wron.php#comment-1369285 Comments Thu, 22 May 2008 21:17:40 -0800 <p>There are many MANY instances like this in hospitals across the country. The reasons range from under-staffing to just plain negligence and laziness. I work in Quality and there should be procedures that guard against ghastly errors like you show here. The problem is, most times, the cost of doing something right is not as important as the cost of getting it wrong to some administrators. Its terrible, especially when someone's life is lost. Terrible....</p>