You would think the surgeon operating on a patient would keep track of the sponges. They did not in this case.<\/p>\n
This case is the one of the nightmarish ones. You go to a hospital for an operation and someone leaves a foreign body inside the operating site. If you are lucky, they catch it and it is removed. Not that it makes the mistake any easier to swallow when you have to have two operations instead of one and that your doctor messed up big time.<\/p>\n
This wrongful death lawsuit<\/a> was filed after the death of a man who went to hospital experiencing pain, and other symptoms, as a result of acute diverticulitis of the sigmoid portion of his colon. He needed surgery. The hospital was happy to oblige and he had his operation. He subsequently died a few days later, much to the bafflement of the surgeon and hospital staff that (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You would think the surgeon operating on a patient would keep track of the sponges. They did not in this case. This case is the one of the nightmarish ones. You go to a hospital for an operation and someone…<\/span><\/p>\n