<<Stupid argument; if he can do harm to one eye, he shouldn't operate on either.>>
Stupid rebuttal. Only the omniscient physician would know before he begins what the end result will be. That's why the risks are explained to the patient beforehand, and that's why you sign a waiver before the operation confirming that you were told of the risks and absolving the physician if anything goes wrong.
<<HA HA.... my husband had lasik surgery on both eyes.... in Canada... of course they screwed up both eyes....>>
Nobody's got a monopoly on medical error, cro. I'm sorry your husband's eyes were fucked up, sorrier still that it was a Canadian doctor who fucked them up but most ophthalmologists, even Canadians, manage to get their patients through a Lasik procedure without fucking up anything. Incidentally, if the Lasik were for purely cosmetic reasons, it was not covered under our OHIP (governmental health plan.) So your husband was probably going to some for-profit clinic.
<<I think you guys need to understand that the oath means.... KNOWINGLY doing harm.>>
You must have a pretty elastic definition of "knowingly" - - if a doctor knows that it's safer to do one eye at a time, and chooses instead the risker alternative of both at once for no better reason than the patient's impatience, then IMHO, he's knowingly caused whatever harm resulted.