DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, Fla. \u2013 A grand jury indicted a Florida doctor on a manslaughter charge for allegedly removing a patient\u2019s liver instead of his spleen during a 2024 surgery. <\/p>\n
The prosecutor for the First Judicial Circuit on Monday announced the charge of second-degree manslaughter against Dr. Thomas Shaknovsky.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors said that during an Aug. 21, 2024, surgery, which was scheduled to be a laparoscopic splenectomy, Shaknovsky removed the victim\u2019s liver instead of his spleen. <\/p>\n
That resulted in \u201ccatastrophic blood loss and the patient\u2019s death on the operating table,\u201d law enforcement officials wrote in a press release. The patient was a 70-year-old man from Muscle Shoals, Alabama.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur duty is to follow the facts wherever they lead, without fear or favor,\u201d Walton County Sheriff Michael Adkinson said in a statement. <\/p>\n
Available court records did not name an attorney for Shaknovsky. <\/p>\n
Florida suspended Shaknovsky\u2019s medical license after the surgery. Records show he voluntarily surrendered his medical license in Alabama after regulators moved to revoke his license.<\/p>\n
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