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A doctor who now has no medical license is behind bars after being indicted by a grand jury for removing the wrong organ during surgery on a 70-year-old man, causing his death.
It was a grant jury in Walton County, Florida, that released the charge of second-degree manslaughter against Thomas Shaknovsky over the August 2024 procedure that left an Alabama man dead.
According to a report at the Daily Caller, Shaknovsky’s medical license was suspended in Florida in 2024, and stripped by the state of Alabama. He also had a New York license that was suspended in 2025.
He was being held in the county jail, with an appearance scheduled before a judge, the report said.
A statement from the Walton County Sheriff’s Office said the indictment follows an investigation led by the WSCO with support from the office of the state attorney from the First Judicial Circuit and other state and medical officials.
“Shaknovsky’s patient was set to receive a laparoscopic splenectomy, but Shaknovsky allegedly removed his liver rather than his spleen, resulting in severe loss of blood and the patient’s death on the surgery table,” the report cited officials as explaining.
full story at https://www.wnd.com/2026/04/unspeakable-man-has-wrong-organ-removed-during-surgery/