在新西兰的乳房切除手术中,老年妇女在呼吸管错位时死亡。 Elderly woman dies after breathing tube misplacement during mastectomy surgery in New Zealand.

一名患有乳腺癌的老年妇女在乳房切除手术中死亡,因为有人错误地将呼吸管插进她的食物管,而不是气管。 An elderly woman with breast cancer died during a mastectomy surgery after a breathing tube was mistakenly inserted into her food pipe instead of her airway. 该错误在17分钟内没有被注意到,导致无法生存的脑损伤。 The error was not noticed for 17 minutes, leading to an unsurvivable brain injury. 新西兰卫生部和一名医生被发现侵犯了病人的权利,这起事件归咎于确认偏见和系统性问题。 Health New Zealand and a doctor were found to have breached patient rights, with the incident attributed to confirmation bias and systemic issues. 为防止类似的错误,已经做了一些改变。 Changes have been made to prevent similar mistakes.