Hong Kong surgeon misidentified organs in fatal blunder, hospital probe finds

A Hong Kong surgeon who operated on the wrong organ of an elderly patient had shown “confirmation bias” in identifying structures in the abdominal cavity, an investigation into the blunder has found, prompting a former lawmaker to call for his dismissal.Tseung Kwan O Hospital on Thursday released a cause analysis report on the February 7 incident involving an 85-year-old woman with obstructive sigmoid colon cancer, who died three weeks after the operation.She had undergone what was intended to be a transverse colostomy to relieve an intestinal blockage, a procedure that involves creating a surgical opening in the abdomen, known as a stoma.