WELLINGTON, FLORIDA — A West Palm Beach woman who went to the hospital for some back surgery ended up leaving minus one perfectly good kidney. <br /><br />According to WPTV, Maureen Pacheco checked into Wellington Regional Medical Center in April 2016 to have back surgery to alleviate pain she was experiencing from a car accident. <br />Dr. Ramon Vazquez was tasked with cutting Pacheco open, so that surgeons could go in and perform the surgery. <br />Unfortunately, Dr. Vazquez thought one of Maureen's healthy kidneys was a cancerous tumor, so he removed it without her consent.<br />Pacheco recently settled a lawsuit against her doctors, including Dr. Vasquez, however a complaint filed by the Florida Department of Health against Vasquez is still ongoing. <br />According to Pacheco's lawyer, Vasquez probably won't lose his license and would most likely just have to pay a fine and be required to do some more medical education.
