I figured out why colonists can fail surgery so badly.

[MeowRailroad]

The medicine widely available near the planet mostly uses an anesthetic that has the unfortunate side effect of making conscious people near it or near a person with it in their system sneeze and move their limbs uncontrollably. While professional doctors in a real hospital would wear filter masks to prevent this, there are none available and so the surgeons sometimes make accidental cuts when their arms move.

[Shinzy]

Well luckily my doctors have filter masks ..They also have very morbid curiosity and very very low attention span

[Shurp]

The original thread had the best explanation -- "Hey Thunder, remember when you were a pirate and you killed my whole family?  Guess what, payback's a bitch" *slash* *slash* *slash* "Oh dear, my knife must have slipped!"

[Shinzy]

The original thread had the best explanation -- "Hey Thunder, remember when you were a pirate and you killed my whole family?  Guess what, payback's a bitch" *slash* *slash* *slash* "Oh dear, my knife must have slipped!"

https://ludeon.com/forums/index.php?topic=13372.msg150018#msg150018
This one?
I had to go and find it