An Alabama man died on a Florida operating table when a doctor mistakenly removed the his liver instead of his spleen during surgery, his widow’s lawyer alleges.
William Bryan was visiting the Florida panhandle last month when he suddenly began experiencing lower left abdominal pain. He and his wife, Beverly, went to the Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast Hospital in Walton County.
Doctors were concerned about an abnormality in his spleen, according to the family lawyer. They admitted him for further testing.
General Surgeon Dr. Thomas Shaknovsky and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Christopher Bacani persuaded the 70-year-old Bryan to undergo surgery at the hospital or he “could experience serious complications if he left the hospital,” Zarzaur Law P.A. said Friday on Facebook.
