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Hospital Fined for Surgical Error

By Steven M. Levin and John J. Perconti

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After leaving a sponge inside a surgical patient, a hospital was fined for medical malpractice. The patient underwent an infected catheter removal when the operating physician and nurse had a miscommunication issue that led to the sponge never being removed. The patient suffered from intense pain, nausea, and vomiting from the hospital?s alleged medical malpractice. The sponge became absorbed into a cyst that had to be removed.

Read more about the medical malpractice error here.

Full post as published by Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog on June 10, 2009 (boomark / email).

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