A court in Austria has ordered a surgeon to pay a fine of 2,000 euros ($2,260) for amputating the wrong leg of a patient earlier this year. The patient, who has since died, was an 82-year-old man.

An Austrian court has fined a surgeon 2,700 euros ($3,050) for mistakenly amputating the wrong leg of a patient.The 43-year-old surgeon was fined at the Linz Regional Court on Wednesday, with half of ...

A western Wisconsin nurse accused of amputating a hospice patient’s frostbitten foot without his consent and without doctor’s orders pleaded not guilty Thursday. A lawyer for 38-year-old Mary K. Brown ...

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Who would believe that amputating a leg would actually bring joy to someone's life. Kristi Wimberly, who at age 6 was diagnosed with a rare spinal cord tumor called astrocytoma, spent most of her life ...

ELLSWORTH, Wis. — A nurse in Wisconsin accused of amputating the foot of a dying man without his permission is no longer allowed to work as a caregiver, according to court records. Mary K. Brown, 38, ...

Igloo is recalling an additional 130,000 rolling coolers sold at Costco, Target and Dick's Sporting Goods because the handle can pinch – and possibly amputate – fingertips, according to the U.S.