A federal inmate entered surgery in February 2013 thinking he would soon be free of his cancerous left kidney. When he emerged, he had lost his healthy right one instead. It was a mix-up that could have been easily avoided had California surgeon Dr. Charles Coonan Streit examined radiology and diagnostic tests, images, scans and pathology reports, as is standard protocol, the California Medical Board said last week. Instead, he relied on his memory as the patient's CT scans were left behind at another doctor's office, the Orange Country Register reports. The operation put the inmate's "future renal function in jeopardy" and prompted another surgery, the board said.
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