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    "parsed_content": "AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTSupported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTOhio Woman Sues Hospital After Wrong Leg Is AmputatedSharon Jacks, 74, said she went into surgery for the amputation of her lower right leg last year, but her left leg was removed instead. She has accused Selby General Hospital of negligence.Listen \u00b7 3:25 min Share full articleMarietta, Ohio, where Sharon Jacks\u2019s lower left leg was amputated instead at Selby General Hospital in September 2025. A lawsuit says she had gone in to have her lower right leg removed.Credit...Carolyn Kaster\/Associated PressBy Johnny DiazSept. 29, 2026See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra m\u00e1s de nuestra cobertura en los resultados de b\u00fasqueda. Add The New York Times on GoogleAgrega The New York Times en Google An Ohio woman filed a lawsuit accusing a hospital and her doctors of amputating the wrong leg during an operation last year. The 74-year-old woman is now a double amputee after the correct surgery was later performed at another facility.The woman, Sharon Jacks, of Meigs County, Ohio, said her original surgery was intended for her right leg. Instead, her left leg was amputated at Selby General Hospital in September 2025, according to the lawsuit, which was filed this month in Washington County Court in Marietta, Ohio, where the hospital is based.Ms. Jacks filed the lawsuit with her husband, Dannie. It accuses nine defendants, including the hospital and Ms. Jacks\u2019s medical and surgical teams, of gross negligence, battery and reckless conduct.She underwent the correct operation on her right leg four months later at another hospital in Ohio, her lawyer, Brad Layne, said in a statement on Tuesday.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTMs. Jacks has \u201csuffered physical injury, permanent disability, pain and suffering, emotional distress, humiliation, loss of enjoyment of life, medical expenses and other damages,\u201d according to the 32-page complaint.\u201cThe conduct of defendants demonstrated a conscious disregard of fundamental safety principles universally recognized within the medical profession,\u201d it added.On Sept. 19, 2025, Ms. Jacks agreed to have her lower right leg amputated after her doctor recommended the procedure as part of a treatment plan for a diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma, a type of skin cancer, Mr. Layne said.Ms. Jacks \u201cconsented only to surgery involving her right lower extremity,\u201d the lawsuit said, noting she \u201cnever consented to amputation of her left lower extremity.\u201dMr. Layne said that standard operating procedure requires a surgical team to take \u201csurgical time outs\u201d to verify that they are performing the right procedure in the right place on the right patient \u201cbefore proceeding with surgery.\u201dAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTThough medical records stated that \u201ctwo time outs\u201d had taken place, \u201cthe surgical team still amputated the wrong leg,\u201d Mr. Layne added.\u201cThe performance of surgery upon the wrong extremity constituted a complete failure of basic safety procedures,\u201d the lawsuit says.Selby General Hospital, part of the Memorial Health System in Ohio and West Virginia, did not respond to requests for comment on Tuesday. In a statement to WBNS-TV of Columbus, the hospital acknowledged mistakes and said \u201cour expected operating room procedures were not followed.\u201dThe statement added the medical workers who were involved in the surgery are \u201cno longer in their positions.\u201d\u201cWe are saddened by what occurred, and our team continues to keep this patient and their family in our prayers,\u201d the hospital\u2019s statement said.Ms. Jacks is requesting unspecified punitive and compensatory damages, her lawyer said.Alain Delaqu\u00e9ri\u00e8re contributed research.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT",
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