Retained Foreign Objects in Surgery Can Cause Serious Illness, Death
Recently, a hospital in the Central California city of Fresno was fined $86,000 for a medical error that almost killed a patient. According to the Los Angeles Times, medical staffers inadvertently left a towel inside his body after surgery. It stayed there for three months until the error was discovered. The state report indicates patientContinue reading “Retained Foreign Objects in Surgery Can Cause Serious Illness, Death”