Scissors left in a woman after surgery

[Maverick]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4788266/

Talk about a medical mistake.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Ouch! This is why they have instrument and towel counts - this will lead to a generous settlement, I bet, because that x-ray is incredibly powerful plaintiff's evidence.

Actually, one of the cases that created the clear precedent that military members generally can't sue the government for injury or death that occurs while they are on active duty (aka the Feres doctrine) involved a guy who underwent abdominal surgery, then had constant pain and infections. When they opened him back up, months later, they found an 18x30" towel marked "Property of the U.S. Army"!

 

[Azraele]

Oy that looks painful. :Q

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Looks vaugely like some sort of vagina protection system.

 

[Mutilator]

?We have put this down to human error. I?ve been executive director here for four years, and in that time we?ve done something like 40,000 operations and this is the first time this incident has occurred.?

lol... that's as good as saying "... and this is the first time THIS incident has occured... of course there were the scalpels... cotton swabs... forceps... ah jeez am I still talking out loud?! "

 

[monk3y]

Omg... That's pretty crazy.

 

[parsley007]

that looks like it hurts like hell..

 

[ElFenix]

sometimes the best thing to do is close someone up as fast as possible, and fix any mistakes later.

 

[Bassyhead]

thats gotta hurt

 

[Doggiedog]

Unfortunately, these things are all too common.

Doctors left a rag inside my boss's back after a hernia operation. He almost died after a week and has heart problems now bc of it.

 

[dethman]

given the way i see materials counted, this could happen very easily in most ors.

 

[MrDudeMan]

how the fvck could you leave ANYTHING inside a body? man surgeons must be starting to suck. that is such a careless mistake. the b!tch shouldnt be suing though, unless they find out that it happened on purpose...which i sincerely doubt.

 

[virtueixi]

Now they don't have anything to cut it out with. She is screwed.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Originally posted by: MrDudeMan
how the fvck could you leave ANYTHING inside a body? man surgeons must be starting to suck. that is such a careless mistake. the b!tch shouldnt be suing though, unless they find out that it happened on purpose...which i sincerely doubt.

How is she a bitch, and why shouldn't she be suing? WTH is wrong with people nowadays? Not EVERY personal injury lawsuit is unjustified, and one in which a medical facility causes a person significant pain and suffering due to obvious, easily-preventable malpractice is anything but.

 

[psydancerqt]

i saw on ripley's believe it or not... some guy had a foot long metal thing used to hold his belly open (i'm clueless to what it's called) left inside of him... OW

 

[Bootprint]

Originally posted by: psydancerqt
i saw on ripley's believe it or not... some guy had a foot long metal thing used to hold his belly open (i'm clueless to what it's called) left inside of him... OW

Retractor?

 

[psydancerqt]

similar to that.... i dont think there is a fork on the end

 

[placebo139]

Originally posted by: Doggiedog
Unfortunately, these things are all too common.

Doctors left a rag inside my boss's back after a hernia operation. He almost died after a week and has heart problems now bc of it.

omg... did he take legal action?

this is terrible