Man left with no kidneys after botched operation
By Odette Ismail
18 December 2006
A Pretoria man is in a critical condition after a botched kidney operation left him with no kidneys.
Adriaan Lamprecht had an operation to remove a cancerous kidney at the Pretoria Urology Hospital.
It is reported that Dr Francois Boezaart removed the wrong kidney. Since the operation Lamprecht has had his cancerous kidney removed.
Boezaart has offered to donate one of his own kidneys to Lamprecht.
His attorney confirmed to the Cape Times that one healthy kidney had been removed, but declined to comment further.
18 December 2006
A Pretoria man is in a critical condition after a botched kidney operation left him with no kidneys.
Adriaan Lamprecht had an operation to remove a cancerous kidney at the Pretoria Urology Hospital.
It is reported that Dr Francois Boezaart removed the wrong kidney. Since the operation Lamprecht has had his cancerous kidney removed.
Boezaart has offered to donate one of his own kidneys to Lamprecht.
His attorney confirmed to the Cape Times that one healthy kidney had been removed, but declined to comment further.
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