If you think that wrong site surgery is a thing of the past and such cases seldom happen in this high tech modern era, you are wrong. On the contrary such cases are on the rise and each week at least 40 cases are reported to the Joint Commission. The number nearly doubled between 2010 and 2014. For the most part, wrong site surgery is attributed to institutional failure and an entire medical team as well as the hospital staff can be held liable for negligence, according to New York medical malpractice lawyers.