Woman Wakes up From Surgery to Find She Had Procedure on Wrong Part of Body
On 5/12/21 at 12:41 PM EDT
A South Carolina woman says she woke up from surgery to find that her doctor had operated on the wrong part of her body.
Natalie Avilez from Franklin County told the WLTX television station on Tuesday that the surgeon had carried out the procedure on the wrong side and wrong part of her spine.
After the surgery, Avilez said the surgeon came to speak to her in the recovery room and admitted to his mistake.
Read more He started apologizing, saying that he made a mistake and he went in on the wrong side, Avilez told WLTX.