A woman was mistakenly sedated and given an abortion when she should have been having a routine check-up, it has been reported.
The healthy woman, who was four months pregnant, was anaesthetised and given a kind of uterus surgery called a curettage which led to her miscarrying.
It was intended for another woman, who was also scheduled on March 25 at the Bulovka Hospital in Prague, a major teaching hospital in the capital of Czech Republic.
Hospital spokeswoman Eva Stolejda Libigerová told CNN Prima: ‘An adverse event occurred at our Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinic.
‘According to the findings so far, as a result of serious violations and non-compliance with internal regulations by the employees concerned, an operation was started on an incorrectly identified patient.’
The spokeswoman added to Prahain.cz, which broke the story: ‘We expressed our deep regret and apology to the patient and her entire family for this unfortunate event and assured her that we will do everything to mitigate the damage as much as possible and also compensate her.
