HUFFPOST - Florida Doctor Faces Manslaughter Charge After Allegedly Removing Wrong Organ
Dr. Thomas Shaknovsky was indicted on manslaughter charges for allegedly removing a patient’s liver, instead of his spleen, during a 2024 surgery.
NYTIMES (Vjosa Isai) - Surgeon Who Removed Wrong Organ From Patient Is Charged in His Death
Dr. Thomas Shaknovsky tried to persuade his colleagues in the operating room that the liver he removed from a 70-year-old patient was a spleen, according to Florida’s Health Department.