A court awarded $5,666 in damages to the widow of the patient, who died before the court date, for reasons unrelated to the amputation
An Austrian court has fined a surgeon 2,700 euros for mistakenly amputating the wrong leg of a patient.
The 43-year-old surgeon was fined at the Linz Regional Court on Wednesday, with half of the amount suspended,"for committing grossly negligent bodily harm," Walter Eichinger, the court's vice president, told CNN.
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