Patient safety

You walk into the imaging suite for a routine MRI, expecting clarity—perhaps even peace of mind. But what if, beneath the hum of the machine and the promise of early detection, something else was quietly forming inside your body? For decades, MRI scans have been a medical marvel—non-invasive, radiation-free, and often crucial in diagnosing everything …

In August 2024, a devastating medical error occurred at Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast Hospital in Miramar Beach, Florida, where surgeon Dr. Thomas Shaknovsky mistakenly removed the liver of 70-year-old William Bryan instead of his spleen. This grave mistake led to Bryan’s untimely death, sparking outrage and a subsequent lawsuit filed by his widow, Beverly …