WTH? Florida Surgeon 'Accidentally' Removes A Patient's Liver Instead Of Spline, Killing Him

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. — In a shocking case of medical malpractice that reeks of either breathtaking incompetence or something far more sinister, a Florida doctor has been slapped with a grand jury indictment after allegedly yanking out a patient's liver instead of his spleen during routine surgery, killing the man on the operating table in 2024.

This isn't some minor slip-up. It's the kind of grotesque error that makes you wonder how deep the rot goes in America's so-called "healthcare" system, where Big Pharma-influenced hospitals and surgeons seem more focused on rushing procedures than actually saving lives.

Authorities say the deadly botch led directly to the death of 70-year-old Bill Bryan of Muscle Shoals, Alabama. His grieving widow, Beverly Bryan, spoke out in raw emotion, telling reporters she hopes this so-called doctor never treats another patient again — a sentiment millions of Americans increasingly share as medical horror stories pile up.

Beverly and Bill had been married for 33 years, enjoying their golden years with a rental spot in Florida's Panhandle. What should have been a simple fix for a ruptured cyst on the spleen turned into a nightmare at the hands of Dr. Thomas Shaknovsky, 44.

Prosecutors allege Shaknovsky removed the man's entire liver by mistake during what was supposed to be a laparoscopic splenectomy. The result? Catastrophic blood loss and death right there in the OR. Beverly says her husband's spleen was completely intact afterward, the small cyst that had ruptured was the only issue.

Even more chilling: After the surgery, Shaknovsky reportedly held Beverly's hand, prayed with her, offered condolences, claimed Bill was "in a better place," and then allegedly lied about what really happened inside that operating room.

"He offered his condolences, said Bill was in a better place and the Lord would take care of him," she recalled.

Beverly says Bill wanted to head back home to Alabama for the procedure, but the doctor allegedly pressed and urged them to do it immediately — classic medical establishment pressure tactics that families across the country have grown to distrust.

Her last words to her husband were simple and loving: "I told him that I loved him and he said he loved me."Court records show Shaknovsky's Florida medical license is not currently active. In a lawsuit, he reportedly tried to claim that in the "chaos and shock" of the OR, he couldn't even identify the organ he was removing, an excuse that has left other surgeons scratching their heads in disbelief.“No surgeon that we’ve talked to can make sense of what he did,” said Bryan’s attorney Joe Zarzaur. “It doesn’t make sense, because no one in the trained field can make sense of it all.”Adding insult to unimaginable tragedy, Beverly says her husband was literally hours away from being cremated when the horrifying medical mistake was finally brought to her attention. Without that last-minute revelation, she might never have known the truth.

When asked if the doctor had ever apologized? Her response was immediate and ice-cold: “Not once. Not a word.”Shaknovsky now faces a second-degree manslaughter charge. This case isn't just one isolated tragedy — it's a glaring symptom of a broken system where accountability often comes too late, if at all, and patients are treated like numbers on an assembly line.