A patient went in for a standard back surgery. She awoke one kidney short.

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Maureen Pacheco who, at 51, went to Wellington Regional Medical Center in April 2016 to get the bones in her lower back fused because she was suffering pain from a car accident years earlier.

She left the hospital one kidney short.

According to a complaint filed in December by the Florida Department of Health against Dr. Ramon Vazquez, a West Palm Beach doctor, Vazquez unnecessarily removed her pelvic kidney from her left side.

Read more https://www.kansas.com/news/nation-world/national/article221081740.html
 

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