A doctor accidentally removed the wrong eye during an operation, leaving the patient blind. The incident occurred after a major mix-up at a hospital.
A patient was set to be undergoing surgery on his damaged eye at a hospital in Slovakia. However, the doctor accidentally removed the patient's good eye, leaving him blind.
According to North Wales Live, his family are completely devastated. The hospital has now offered the victim and his family psychological care and support to process the horrifying mistake.
Slovakia's TASR news agency reported that a Bratislava University Hospital spokesperson confirmed that the medic who performed the operation was no longer in contact with patients.
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