Foot-long surgical tool left inside Czech patient

TakeeMeDown; Mon Feb 15, 2010 3:29 pm

Yeah well, this one isn't really a lul, but it's worth mentioning!

PRAGUE - It took five long months for a Czech woman to discover the reason for her pain: Doctors had left a foot-long medical tool inside her abdomen.

This month, doctors at a clinic in the southeastern town of Ivancice discovered their colleagues had forgotten to remove a spatula-like surgical instrument from the woman following gynecological surgery in September.

Top regional official Michal Hasek apologized Zdenka Kopeckova, 66, and said Monday that the region, which is in charge of the clinic, plans to compensate her.

Clinic head Jaromir Hrubes blamed "a series of individual failures" and said four employees had been punished.

CT24 news television reported that the woman, who complained repeatedly to her doctors about the pain, plans to sue.

Oh, snap.

-asuitablevictory; Mon Feb 15, 2010 3:31 pm

Oh, snap indeed.

Thing is that kind of phenomenon is extremely rare... it doesn't happen everyday.

My dad had surgery on his stomach a couple of years ago, but none of that happened.

He just got a bitchin' infection and had to wear a drain for six months.