A patient in the United States died during surgery due to doctors playing musical bingo.

In the US state of Colorado, a man died during surgery while doctors were playing musical bingo. This is reported by HealthExec.

"According to <... According to a medical malpractice lawsuit, 56-year-old Bart Reiter stopped breathing at the InSight Surgical Center in Lawn Tree, Colorado," according to the material published on July 23.

It is reported that the patient was admitted to the clinic for cataract removal. During the operation, the doctors, who were carried away by the game, did not notice that the patient's condition worsened at some point, and vital signs began to decline. This led to cardiac arrest.

The game included playing tracks from the 1970s and 1980s. It is clarified that surgeon Stark Johnson and anesthesiologist Michael Urban regularly turned on music during the procedures.

The widow sued the surgeon, but he shifted the blame to a colleague who allegedly turned off the patient's monitor. Both doctors pleaded not guilty, the case was closed by a pre-trial agreement.

On April 16, it became known that in Moscow, a patient of one of the private clinics died after plastic surgery on her stomach. A criminal case was opened on this fact on the grounds of a crime under Article 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Provision of services that do not meet the requirements for the safety of life and health of consumers, resulting in death").

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