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Elizabeth Chuck

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  • Senior News Writer and Reporter, NBC News
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Reporter at @NBCNews Digital. 2022 National Fellow at @USCAnnenberg @ReportingHealth. RTs are not endorsements. Have a tip? Email me: elizabeth.chuck@nbcuni.com
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A trail of errors, then a deadly operation: How a surgeon removed a patient’s liver by mistake

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By Elizabeth Chuck , Matthew Lavietes , Matt Lavietes
| NBC News
MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. — The patient was hemorrhaging, bright red blood pooling in his abdomen. His heart had stopped. As the medical team frantically did chest compressions on 70-year-old William Bryan, a surgeon raced to complete his operation through an incision in Bryan’s belly. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.
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Florida surgeon who removed wrong organ says he is ‘forever traumatized' by patient's death

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By Elizabeth Chuck , Matthew Lavietes 
| WMAQ-TV (Chicago, IL)
Over the course of an eight-hour deposition, Florida surgeon Thomas Shaknovsky faced the same question again and again: Why did he remove a man’s liver instead of his spleen? The disastrous August 2024 surgical error and death of Shaknovsky’s patient, 70-year-old William Bryan, on the operating table prompted Bryan’s widow to file a lawsuit last year and a grand jury to indict Shaknovsky on a manslaughter charge last month. He has pleaded not guilty.
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Florida surgeon who removed wrong organ says he is ‘forever traumatized’ by patient’s death

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By Elizabeth Chuck , Matthew Lavietes 
| Flipboard
7 hours ago An Iowa woman died two weeks after she underwent surgery to repair a hernia, and her family is now suing the hospital and medical team involved, according to a complaint obtained by PEOPLE. Laura Belt of Wayne County, Iowa, underwent the surgery on April 30, 2024, about a month after a consultation …
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