And I just hit refresh and it now does require an account. Evidently, one gets a grand total of one free article.
My DO gave me an “adjustment” when I had some back trouble. He basically rolled me from side to side with his elbows, and it did work. But it was on my back, for my back, and not, for instance, an sinus infection.
Did you get the “Kirksville Crunch”? (Named after a prominent school of Osteopathy.)
It looks like someone’s being wrestled into submission by a chiropractic gorilla.
He did go to Still University, but I don’t remember what, if anything, he called it.
That article starts off the following way:
The Florida Department of Health has suspended the license of Thomas Shaknovsky, DO, who removed a patient’s liver instead of his spleen, contributing to his death.
I mean, sure, he contributed to the patient’s death the way that decapitating a person contributes to their death.
Also, per the surgeon:
He then discovered a splenic artery aneurysm that ruptured, leading to significant blood loss – but said he went on to remove the spleen, even though it was enlarged and deformed.
Sort of like when you hear a noise outside at night and see an “enlarged and deformed coyote” that you shoot with a shotgun to clear a pest animal and protect your livestock, when police later arrest you for shooting and murdering a teenaged kid out for a walk.
I think this is the best line from @Pazu’s cite:
During an autopsy, the medical examiner confirmed the spleen was still in place, but the liver was still missing,
“The liver was still missing”. Hmmm. As if they have a habit of spontaneously reappearing in dead people. The word “still” also suggests the ME was tipped off by somebody to expect to find it gone.
I guess they could have shoved it back in when the guy died?
“All organs accounted for. Liver found upside down and disconnected”
When my cousin had his first kidney transplant (his dad, my uncle, was the donor), when the vessels were connected to perfuse the organ, the ureter started spraying urine all over the operative field. Apparently that’s not uncommon; it came out of a body that had normal function, and was put in my cousin and went, “Whoa, what’s going on here? I’ve got work to do!” They then clamped the vessels and connected up the ureter.
I also used to have a neighbor whose sister had died from a brain tumor, and their daughter told me that it just fell out, attached to a blood supply, when her skull was opened the first time. I didn’t believe it until I heard it from the parents.
The doctor responsible for this was indicted today for second-degree manslaughter.
Huh. That’s a long time for an indictment. Isn’t it?
I have no idea if that long is unusual.
No, an indictment usually waits for an investigation which typically takes months, and can easily take over a year (as it did here).
This is discussing involuntary manslaughter, but I think it’s close enough if not the same thing (as death due to medical negligence is given as an example):
How long do involuntary manslaughter investigations take?
Typically 6-18 months for complete investigation, forensic analysis, and grand jury proceedings.
So this seems not at all out of the ordinary.
A recently published photo of the doctor in question sheds some light on the matter…
@Frodo your pic didn’t come out right, got a generic icon.
Gift link to a New York Times article on the indictment. It says, “Dr. Shaknovsky began the procedure as a laparoscopy but switched to open surgery because he could not clearly see the organs, having failed to document that Mr. Bryan had a distended colon that would have partly obstructed the view, according to the Health Department.” The article also says the patient was hemorrhaging a lot and the blood obscured everything.
Knowing the Florida Health Department, someone had to look that up.
Knowing Ladapo, it’s surprising he didn’t nominate the surgeon for an award.
I bet this is @Frodo’s intended link:
It is, but both images show up for me. 
