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SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY BAPTIST HOSP. v. BRUCE

539 S.W.2d 286 (1976)

SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY BAPTIST HOSPITAL, INC., et al., Appellants, v. Gladys BRUCE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

June 11, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Milby, Hamm, Taylor, Milby & Farmer, London, for appellants.

Coleman D. Moberly, Charles R. Luker, London, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

This malpractice proceeding arises out of a classic case of mistaken identity. On March 29, 1971, Gladys Bruce was admitted to the Southeastern Kentucky Baptist Hospital as a patient for Dr. Catron who was to perform a conization of the cervix on March 30. On March 27, 1971, Mrs. Jessie Smith was admitted as a patient of Dr. Hamilton who was to perform a thyroidectomy on her on March 30. On the day of reckoning Dr. Hamilton performed a thyroidectomy on...

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