Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has apologised and said the incident at Redditch’s Alexandra Hospital, first reported by the BBC, was “exceptionally rare”.
The error happened during a seven-hour abdominal procedure on Nov 23, it is understood.
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