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An Aussie Woman Carried a Pair of Scissors for 18 months Inside Herself
Akira Kato
April 21, 2004
Wow! Look at that!
An Aussie woman carried a pair of scissors for 18 months inside herself. However, I’ve never guessed that the same incident would take place in an advanced country like Aussie, which has an adequate number of surgeons. This particular incident occurred in Sydney. A surgeon left a pair of scissors in the abdomen of an elderly woman after surgery. The 69-year-old woman had part of her colon removed at Sydney’s St. George Hospital in May 2001. But she continued to suffer intense pain in her abdomen for months after the operation. Eventually, she demanded doctors x-ray her abdomen. They did and discovered the 6.7-inch pair of scissors, which were removed in October 2002. “It was like a nightmare seeing those scissors up on the screen,” said the patient in the Sky News television program on Tuesday, April 20. “It was very, very traumatic and extremely painful.” The hospital has apologized to the patient for the accident, but she will take legal action, although she did not provide any details. The lawyers for both sides were currently meeting and discussing the matter. The incident was reported to the Health Care Complaints Commission, but no disciplinary action was taken against the surgeon or the four other staffers who operated on the woman. “We couldn't explain how a pair of 6.7-inch scissors was left in her abdomen,” said the chief executive of the hospital. “We have put this down to human error. I’ve been executive director here for four years, and in that time we’ve done something like 40,000 operations and this is the first time this incident has occurred.” There is always the first time, isn’t there?
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