Hospital ‘deeply sorry’ after doctors castrate toddler in botched surgery


  • World
  • Sunday, 23 Dec 2018

BRISTOL (Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network): A National Health Service foundation trust in Bristol, United Kingdom said it was “deeply sorry” following a botched operation that left a 2-year-old boy castrated.

“As soon as our staff members realized what had happened, they met with the family, told them what happened, and apologized again at that point,” a spokesperson for the University Hospitals Bristol which runs Bristol Royal Hospital for Children where the surgery happened, said in a statement, as reported by BBC on Friday, Dec 21.

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