It has been revealed that the number of items left inside patients has almost doubled in two decades.
The number of ‘foreign objects’ accidentally left inside the body during surgical and medical care was 291 last year Among the items, medical staff left swabs, gauze and surgical devices including drill bits and scalpels inside people on the operating table.
A woman from east London, who chose to remain anonymous, spoke of her experience after an operation to remove her ovaries in 2016. ‘Unfortunately, we continue to see cases of retained objects post-surgery resulting in patients being readmitted to hospital, having a second surgery, suffering sepsis or infection, experiencing a fistula or bowel obstruction, visceral perforation, and psychological harm.
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