Hospital says surgeon opened wrong side of patient's head

Thursday, January 17, 2002

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A surgeon at Rhode Island Hospital operated on the wrong side of a man's head after a CT scan was placed backward on an X-ray viewing box, the hospital told the state Department of Health.

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