Wichita Falls Medical Malpractice Case Sounds Like a Nightmare

Did you ever hear the story of the man that went into a Wichita Falls hospital to have his bladder removed? Then when he woke up. He was missing a lot more.

Every day I do my best to try to find some weird Wichita Falls story to talk about with you. I stumbled upon this one today that sounds like a fake story from the account 'Weird Facts' on X.

Wichita Falls Man Had Penis Removed During Surgery

I saw this last night and said no way that happened in Wichita Falls. Turns out this story is 100% real. I found an article from 2003 from ABC News talking about the lawsuit that was happening at the time. Turns out the hospital in question was The Clinics of North Texas. Here is what allegedly went down that day in 1999.

Wichita Falls Man Goes In for Surgery to Have Bladder Removed

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67-year-old Hurshell Ralls unfortunately was diagnosed with bladder cancer and doctors scheduled a surgery to have his bladder removed. During the surgery, doctors believed the cancer had spread to his penis and testicles. FOR SOME REASON, they decided to remove them without consulting anybody.  A Dallas doctor who examined cell slides later found that Ralls did not have penile cancer.

"My wife had to hold my hand in the bed there. And she said 'Honey it's over. They got all the cancer.' And she waited a few minutes and then said 'But they had to remove your penis.' And I was one mad dude, you know," Ralls said on ABC News Good Morning America.

The Case Was Eventually Settled Out of Court

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It looks like while the case was going to trial in 2003. Mr. Ralls settled out of court with the attorneys for the two doctors. The doctors were John Dryden and Farid Khoury who claimed they did everything right in the situation during the first day of the trial. Mr. Ralls was asking for five million dollars in compensation. I am unable to find what the official settlement is, but you can find several articles online confirming that this did actually happen.