Hundreds of doctors are protesting the suspension of a colleague who is accused of performing brain surgery on the wrong patient at a hospital in Kenya.
A neurosurgeon and medical team at Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi — a main referral hospital for the Ministry of Health — reportedly opened the wrong patient's skull last month to remove a blood clot after two patients' identification tags were mixed up, according to the Daily Nation.
As a result, hospital officials suspended the neurosurgeon as well as two nurses and an anesthetist — a decision that has ignited an uproar from fellow doctors who say their colleagues should not be punished for the hospital's failures. On Monday, hundreds of doctors refused to work until the hospital addresses underlying procedural problems, such as issues with the hospital's booking system, as well as issues with staff shortages and inadequate equipment and operating space, according to the Standard.
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