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NEWS Six-inch metal forceps left inside patient in ‘never event’
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. The six-inch metal forceps had to be...- whoosh
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[MEDICINE] Scissors left in woman's stomach for three years by bungling surgeons
The routine op should have been a snip - but Veronika Cruz, 35, was left in agony for three years after surgeons left a huge pair of scissors inside her. Bungling medics had left the eight-inch long scissors behind during an operation to remove her ovaries in Sao Paulo, Brazil. But...- cybercore
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