{
  "id": 8856782,
  "title": "Japanese surgeon removes healthy brain tissue, leaving woman on ventilator",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/japanese-surgeon-removes-healthy-brain-tissue-leaving-woman-on",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-21T05:55:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3368212/japanese-surgeon-removes-healthy-brain-tissue-leaving-woman-ventilator"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A Japanese woman was left unable to breathe on her own after a veteran surgeon mistakenly removed healthy tissue instead of a benign tumour from her brain. Kyoto University Hospital apologised for the medical error and vowed to take measures to prevent similar incidents, local news outlet TV Asahi reported. The woman, in her fifties, was diagnosed with a benign brain tumour after consulting…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}