On April 14, American and international media reported that a Florida jury presented an indictment against a doctor, since He would have made a mistake in a surgery that ended with the death of his patient.
The formal accusation, according to Univisión, is against doctor Thomas Shaknovsky, who faces charges such as second-degree involuntary manslaughter, after an operation that was carried out in August 2024.
According to information from prosecutors and the First Judicial Circuit Prosecutor’s Office, Dr. Shaknovsky would have removed the patient’s liver when The operation was a laparoscopic splenectomy, that is, the removal of the spleen.
The accusation indicates that the doctor, after removing the liver, caused massive hemorrhage that caused the patient’s immediate death.
Univisión details that the operation took place on August 21, 2024 and At the time it was considered a “minimally invasive” procedure.
Regarding the victim, the accusation details that it was a man of approximately 70 years old, originally from Muscle Shoals, Alabama.
Florida Grand Jury Determined There Was Sufficient Evidence to formally accuse the doctor.
In addition to the accusation, Shaknovsky was suspended and would have turned in voluntarily their professional license.
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