Luckily they were scheduled to undergo the same procedure.
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i once had 2 patients with the same name going for the same procedure on the same day… one case was cancelled. the other came into the OR just as I was telling my attending that so and so’s case was cancelled….. both were young female patients for an OB procedure… my attending was not very happy.
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