Car crash victim is wrongly marked for cancer surgery

Sep 20 2010 By Leanne Barrett

A Patient who was wrongly marked to have surgery for cancer has filed a lawsuit in America.

Joseph Wheeler filed a $12 million lawsuit in August against Prince George's Hospital in Upper Marlboro, over its treatment following a June 23 car accident.

He was admitted with serious injuries, but hospital staff accidently marked him for next-day cancer surgery, and when he started protesting and tried to leave, two large staff "security" men held him down, causing Joseph even more pain.

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