The 48-year-old company director says the botched operation has left him unable to have children.
He had gone into an operating theatre expecting a cancerous testicle would be removed, but 40 minutes after the operation a doctor realised the blunder.
Botched procedure:
The man is suing Salisbury District Hospital after they removed his one healthy testicle during an operation
The healthy testicle was frozen while a plastic surgeon dashed to the scene and tried to undo the damage done to the patient, who comes from a village in Wiltshire.
The man has asked not to be named ahead of legal proceedings against Salisbury District Hospital. He is hoping to be awarded compensation.
Although he already has family from a previous relationship, the man will not be able to have more children with his present partner.
Last night, he said: ‘It seems I can no longer father children. I have gone through incredible stress and strain.
‘The matter is in the hands of my solicitor.’
Yesterday a patient watchdog called for a thorough investigation. A spokesman for the Wiltshire Involvement Network said: ‘This is a tragic thing to have happened.
‘Obviously there needs to be an investigation by the hospital as to how it came about. With this type of operation men need confidence they can put their trust fully in the hospital.’
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the hospital, said in a statement: ‘We have received notification from solicitors of pending legal action.
‘This is a regrettable incident and the trust once again offers its sincere apologies to the patient.’
It added: ‘The patient was informed straight after the completion of surgery of the situation and that additional surgery had taken place to rectify this.
‘The trust carried out a thorough investigation and as part of this the trust immediately made changes to its processes.’ -UKDaily Mail
The healthy testicle was frozen while a plastic surgeon dashed to the scene and tried to undo the damage done to the patient, who comes from a village in Wiltshire.
The man has asked not to be named ahead of legal proceedings against Salisbury District Hospital. He is hoping to be awarded compensation.
Although he already has family from a previous relationship, the man will not be able to have more children with his present partner.
Last night, he said: ‘It seems I can no longer father children. I have gone through incredible stress and strain.
‘The matter is in the hands of my solicitor.’
Yesterday a patient watchdog called for a thorough investigation. A spokesman for the Wiltshire Involvement Network said: ‘This is a tragic thing to have happened.
‘Obviously there needs to be an investigation by the hospital as to how it came about. With this type of operation men need confidence they can put their trust fully in the hospital.’
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the hospital, said in a statement: ‘We have received notification from solicitors of pending legal action.
‘This is a regrettable incident and the trust once again offers its sincere apologies to the patient.’
It added: ‘The patient was informed straight after the completion of surgery of the situation and that additional surgery had taken place to rectify this.
‘The trust carried out a thorough investigation and as part of this the trust immediately made changes to its processes.’ -UKDaily Mail
