A man in South Africa had his testicles removed instead of his prostate

“In his letter of complaint, the patient claims the wrong operation was performed on him and that the removal of his testicles was not the operation about which he had been informed and for which he was prepared.

According to the letter, after the man’s testicles had been removed, one doctor – not the one who did the operation – said to him they had performed the wrong operation on him.

The doctor who performed the operation is charged with, among other things, not consulting with Professor S Reif, who had referred the patient for a prostate operation, when there was confusion about what the correct procedure would be.

When cross-examined on Monday, the patient said the doctor did tell him before the operation what the removal of his testicles entailed and what the side effects would be.

He said that, at that stage, he was satisfied with the doctor’s explanation that it was a new technique to first remove the testicles and afterwards the prostrate, if there was not an improvement.”

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