Thomas Shaknovsky indicted on manslaughter charge over fatal wrong-organ surgery

5 articles · Updated · The Guardian · May 8

In newly obtained November deposition testimony, the 44-year-old Florida surgeon said he was “forever traumatized” after 70-year-old William Bryan died on the operating table.
Shaknovsky said he removed Bryan’s liver during a chaotic attempt to stop catastrophic bleeding, then told a nurse to label the organ as a spleen and recorded it that way.
Bryan’s widow has sued for malpractice, alleging a cover-up; if convicted on the April Tallahassee grand jury indictment, Shaknovsky faces up to 15 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

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