Maine mom awarded $17M after her bladder was mistakenly removed during routine surgery
US News Mom’s bladder mistakenly removed during routine surgery, wins $17M By Jeanne Erickson Published July 25, 2026, 12:23 p.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google A Maine mom who checked into the hospital for a routine surgery woke up to a medical nightmare after a surgeon allegedly removed her bladder instead of an ovarian cyst.
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| Original publisher | New York Post |
| Canonical URL | https://nypost.com/2026/07/25/us-news/maine-moms-bladder-mistakenly-removed-during-surgery-wins-17m/ |
| Publication time | Sat, 25 Jul 2026 12:23:01 -0400 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-07-25T16:24:46.579Z |
| Last seen | 2026-07-25T16:24:46.579Z |
| Headline source | Publisher (no WeSearch rewrite) |
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| Summary | WeSearch · cerebras-chat (WeSearch summarizer) |
| Summary source text | contentText |
| Citation coverage | Summary is a WeSearch-generated derivative; primary citation is the original publisher URL. |
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| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
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| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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US News Mom’s bladder mistakenly removed during routine surgery, wins $17M By Jeanne Erickson Published July 25, 2026, 12:23 p.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google A Maine mom who checked into the hospital for a routine surgery woke up to a medical nightmare after a surgeon allegedly removed her bladder instead of an ovarian cyst. Emily Mitchell, 43, of Skowhegan, was awarded $15.75 million after a jury found Northern Light Inland Hospital negligent in the botched operation that left her permanently disabled, according to Bangor Daily News. Mitchell underwent laparoscopic surgery in March 2023 expecting doctors to remove a cyst from her left ovary. Instead, court records say surgeon Dr.
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