Posted in Humanities, Philosphy, and Religion, Life, Culture, Politics, Society, Economics, Medical Practice, Science and Technology, economics, tagged absent minded surgeon, Add new tag, japanese hospital, malpractice of medicine, surgical towel, surgical towel inside a Japanese patient, tumour on June 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
(AFP file photo: surgeons performing an operation)
It is unthinkable to find a 25-year-old towel inside a patient’s body. But it’s true; Japanese doctors removed a 25-year-old surgical towel (which was earlier thought to be a tumor) from the patient’s abdomen. Tsk, tsk, another case of medical malpractice?
Japanese patient’s ‘tumour’ turns out to be 25-year-old towel
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