De tempos a tempos, lemos notícias sobre pessoas que foram objecto de cirurgias, e que ficaram com "coisas" no seu interior!Não é nada único. Por incrível, que nos pareça.
Vimos aqui, sobre o que se passa no famoso NHS, da Grã -Bretanha:
Two patients a week are leaving hospital with surgical instruments still inside them, it was revealed yesterday.
Over the last three years, the Health Service has paid £4.3 million over a series of claims by patients that doctors have left foreign bodies under their skin.
The list of lost implements includes swabs, a catheter, a metal clip and a contraceptive coil, according to data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.
There were a total of 283 claims against the NHS in the last three years - nearly two every week. And that figure is likely to be just the tip of the iceberg as there could be hundreds of other people who will never find out about their doctor’s mishap.
Reparem neste assustador exemplo: One victim of medical negligence was pensioner Victor Hutchinson, who spent three months with a two-inch scalpel blade in his chest after a heart operation.
Mas, é preciso perceber que o monstro do erro, será ainda maior: Peter Walsh of Action Against Medical Accidents said: "It is almost certain that there are a lot more incidents of this nature that are unknown because people never find out about it. Also there will be a great number of people who even when this happens decide not to take legal action.
