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Austrian Hospital’s ‘Tragic Mistake’: Amputating the Wrong Leg of an Elderly Man

‘HUMAN ERROR’

“A disastrous combination of circumstances led to the patient’s right leg being amputated instead of his left,” the hospital said.

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REUTERS