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Doctors Remove Wrong Kidney

A surgical team at Park Nicollet Heath Services in Minnesota removed the healthy kidney from a patient last week, and left behind the possibly cancerous kidney. We were going to make a dumb joke about this is why you should draw a giant X over your good body parts with a Sharpie marker before a surgery, but the mistake was made in the patient's medical chart weeks before—the surgical team followed all proper procedures.
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6:03 PM on Tue Mar 18 2008
By Chris Walters
7,506 views, 74 comments

Latest by Woofer00: @Roundonbothends: -- a diseased kidney show up as diseased? Depends of the type of failure that necessitated the surgery. Growths on the inside of an organ wouldn't be visible even on the diseased kidney (I think). -- the doctor be able to identify more »

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Medical Records Sold As Scrap Paper

A fourth grade teacher in Salt Lake City, Utah, bought a box of scrap paper for $20 and discovered it was actually a box of medical records of 28 patients from Central Florida Regional Hospital. The hospital shipped the box via UPS to an audit company in Las Vegas last December. The hospital claims it had been tracking the box since February, but hadn't told the patients. As for the teacher's class, her next assignment for the students will be, "Apply for credit card offers using SSNs from the scrap paper box." More »

11:38 PM on Mon Mar 10 2008
By Chris Walters
5,708 views, 45 comments

Latest by maximeyocks: What I don't get is how all of you hard-core Consumerists who post ASAP when a story is hot off the presses can't address the reall issue. Um HELLLLOOOOO! Medical friggin Records. I'm more angry at the previous posters who more »

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Sallie Mae CEO Ends Conference Call With "Let's Get The Fuck Out Of Here"

Dodging tough questions about the student loan company's fiscal well-being and strategy in the midst of the credit crunch, not to mention his recent sale of 97% of his company stock, Sallie Mae's CEO ended a conference call yesterday with investors by cursing, reports WSJ:

In an apparent reference to investors' anger, he said: "I can assure you, you will be going through a metal detector." He ended the conference call by saying "Let's go. There's no questions. Let's get the [expletive] out of here."

Sallie Mae spokesman Tom Joyce called the metal-detector remark "an attempt at humor" and the expletive "an unfortunate slip of the tongue." Mr. Joyce said the call had been intended for Mr. Lord, in his new role, to give investors a "broad overview" of the company's situation.

Afterwards, shares of Sallie Mae fell 21%.

Sallie Mae: Expletive Included [WSJ]
Full Conference Call Transcript [Seeking Alpha]
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9:16 AM on Thu Dec 20 2007
By Ben Popken
4,938 views, 51 comments

Latest by Rectilinear Propagation: @asscore: It's funny news, which is better. more »

Zara, a Spanish fashion chain, pulled a $79 bicycle-and-flowers themed handbag from shelves because of a customer complaint that it also had green swastikas embroidered on it. The bags were made in India and the swastika is a commonly used Hindu symbol. Zara claims the design it originally approved did not have the swastikas. [Reuters]

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Top 10 Biggest Business Debacles 2006

Welcome, New York Times readers. Here's a bit of an intro to The Consumerist, if you're curious and want to learn more. More »

1:07 PM on Mon Dec 18 2006
By Ben Popken
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Save 0 When You Buy 0 At Shaw's

James spotted this at a Shaw's in Brighton, MA. Logically speaking, it's absolutely correct. — BEN POPKEN

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Nominate The Top Ten Biggest Company Screwups Of 2006

Nominate your picks for the biggest company screwups of the year. More »

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Walmart's Website Is Down, Probably On Purpose

As of 1:36 this afternoon, Walmart's online site is down, either due to "Scheduled Maintenance," or "High Traffic Volume." The site displayed different messages to us upon successive visits. More »

1:38 PM on Fri Nov 24 2006
By Ben Popken
387 views, 6 comments