Not sure how this mix-up could have happened:
The Tanzanian man who had a knee operation when he had a tumour in his brain, has died after finally having the operation he required.Emmanuel Mgaya, 19, died hours after the surgery, performed two weeks late.
Meanwhile, Emmanuel Didas, 20, who had brain surgery although his complaint was in the knee, is slowly recovering but he remains partially paralysed.
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Good grief! Talk about the need to check multiple patient identifiers.
Dominic A. Carone, Ph.D.
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