The resident performed the operation while the physician scheduled to oversee the procedure was in another operating room performing a surgery which took longer than expected. As a result, an unqualified physician oversaw the resident’s procedure instead, according to the article. The patient was not harmed during the operation.
The New York State Department of Health conducted the investigation, focusing on the hospital’s neurosurgery department, and created a 68-page report summarizing the findings.
Read the full coverage in The Post-Standard on the investigation of Upstate University Hospital.
Read more coverage on orthopedics in hospitals:
– Upstate New York Hospital Targets Surgery Center for Takeover
– OrthoKC Opens Practice With Kansas’ St. John Hospital
– Sanford Health Merges With Orthopaedic Associates in North Dakota
