Doctors admit leaving metal nut in heart of man who died

Saturday 07th November, 09:44 AM JST

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zurcronium at 11:31 AM JST - 7th November

How crass of this hospital to deny that their mistakes contributed to death. Lets see the doctors heart opened up and metal nut dropped in.
nedinjapan at 11:42 AM JST - 7th November

The doctors believe it was not their mistake that caused his death, but the mistake of the patient to have a heart operation there! He should have not asked for the operation, to begin with!, he explained.
LoveUSA at 11:45 AM JST - 7th November

Red cross hospitals have good reputation, sometimes fatal mistakes happen but doctors have to admit their mistakes honestly.
PoolofZen at 12:21 PM JST - 7th November

You know.... To play devils advocate here.... The article (well written as it is...) doesn't say -how- the man died.

Maybe he was hit by a bus............

Wait for the autopsy report... Oh wait, I forgot the media just wants to grab out attention, flaunt some half truths then move on to the next victim.
Justuju at 01:39 PM JST - 7th November

You are the NUT surgeons!

Next time use a magnetic swipe to collect all debris before sewing up your patients.

You killed the guy by damaging his heart beyond repairs.

You square nuts in round holes.

Now you must pay the price for malpractice and negligence ....
whyamiinjapan at 01:47 PM JST - 7th November

Thank God it wasn't a peanut.
gogogo at 03:29 PM JST - 7th November

Surgery in Japan esp for heart is sub par, leave Japan to do any major surgery.
rajivp_yahoo_com at 03:57 PM JST - 7th November

I think we need to find the actual cause of death before we blame the nut or nuts.... If it was a coagulation disorder then, likely was caused / initiated by the nut (foreign body). Also two surgeries are quite traumatic, but we don't know the details.
kirakira25 at 05:13 PM JST - 7th November

Surgery in Japan esp for heart is sub par, leave Japan to do any major surgery.

Is that true? I actually heard the opposite - that Japanese surgeons are world-renowned because they don`t rush, their attention to detail, their methodical approach and the years and years and years of training they go through before they are let loose on anyone.

Although in this case....seems to have proved what I heard wrong!
dolphingirl at 05:35 PM JST - 7th November

I did a bit of checking and was astonished to find out some things about the Japanese health care system. First of all, there is no system in place to crack down on medical malpractice. Physicians are licensed for life and there is no formal performance evaluation system in most hospitals. And on top of that, complaints againsts medical practioners go unrecorded. Of course doctors are human and will make mistakes, but there have to be structures in order to deal with errors and prevent future ones. I hope the family is compensated for their loss.
gmfranc at 05:51 PM JST - 7th November

dolphingirl is on the ball as usual. There is no malpractice standard here and medical professionals can and do engage in behaviors that amount to gross negligence without facing consequences. While I would not like to see a swing as far in the opposite direction as we see in the States, it would make me far less wary of medicine in Japan to know that a doctor or medical staff would be held accountable for negligence. Humans make mistakes and doctors are human; other countries have dealt with this by imposing a standard of reasonableness. Why is it that a similar standard cannot be applied here?
islands at 09:07 PM JST - 7th November

"A lawsuit" in a nut shell!
bcbrownboy at 07:18 AM JST - 8th November

At first I thought it was a music lover in his head.
guest at 01:51 PM JST - 8th November

The juicy part of the story is how this came to see the light of day? These guys lie like rugs, and even after being caught red handed, denied everything, who will speak up and demand truth from these lies? The system is rotten to the core.
hakujinsensei at 05:28 PM JST - 8th November

kirakira, there are a few top notch researchers here but the overall level of medical care in japan is definitely sub par.

I have had surgery here and more than once my children have been hospitalized. to top it off, my wife is a nurse and I can assure you that someone with as little knowledge of physiology could never pass their test in the u.s. so I can attest to that.

red cross hospitals do have a good reputation here but one of the dirtiest hospitals I have been in here was a red cross hospital in kyoto when my daughter was hospitalized. it took me a full pack of baby wipes and the alcohol bottle that I swiped from the hall just to clean her area.

I would recommend anyone needing anything other than routine surgery to do it overseas if they had the funds to do so. for those of us on national health care... pray that the doctors don't leave a nut in you.