Reported on March 17, 2010 by The Sun.
More than 770 objects were left inside patients in botched operations by Britain's National Health Service, The Sun reported. The blunders are among a long list of grave medical mistakes made by NHS staff in the past two years, including the case of a British man who was left infertile after surgeons removed part of the wrong testicle.
The Sun ******* the dossier of errors following a Freedom of Information request. It revealed a shocking lack of care, ranging from patients being maimed after surgeons left instruments inside their bodies, to the sick being dumped in hospital bathrooms when wards were full.
A total of 722 objects were left inside patients following operations in 2008 alone - including pliers, scalpels, coils and swabs. And 11 people were "seriously harmed" during NHS operations every day. Other mistakes included nurses and doctors wrongly administering drugs on a regular basis, giving patients the wrong blood type and failing to sterilize equipment. In the past five years, almost 12,200 patients had organs punctured during operations.
NHS crisis: £120bn spent on health but blunders continue | The Sun |Features
More than 770 objects were left inside patients in botched operations by Britain's National Health Service, The Sun reported. The blunders are among a long list of grave medical mistakes made by NHS staff in the past two years, including the case of a British man who was left infertile after surgeons removed part of the wrong testicle.
The Sun ******* the dossier of errors following a Freedom of Information request. It revealed a shocking lack of care, ranging from patients being maimed after surgeons left instruments inside their bodies, to the sick being dumped in hospital bathrooms when wards were full.
A total of 722 objects were left inside patients following operations in 2008 alone - including pliers, scalpels, coils and swabs. And 11 people were "seriously harmed" during NHS operations every day. Other mistakes included nurses and doctors wrongly administering drugs on a regular basis, giving patients the wrong blood type and failing to sterilize equipment. In the past five years, almost 12,200 patients had organs punctured during operations.
NHS crisis: £120bn spent on health but blunders continue | The Sun |Features
