Surgical towel found in patient's stomach after 25 years

Thursday 05th June, 05:42 AM JST

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franz75 at 08:51 AM JST - 5th June

free towels anyone?
lunach1ck at 09:00 AM JST - 5th June

“The towel was greenish blue, although we are not sure about its original color,” Eww! Another reason I'll never be cut out for the medical profession. Those people are angels. Imagine the stench.
some14some at 09:48 AM JST - 5th June

It is good that he is keeping good health but the best thing would be... this towel will fetch record price that is to say the compensation amount he be getting behind the doors.
bushlover at 10:58 AM JST - 5th June

25 years of discomfort. how do you compensate for that?
timorborder at 12:02 PM JST - 5th June

This is not the first time that something like this has happened. You occassionally hear horror stories of clamps and cotton wool being left in people after surgery. As such, during medical training (either as a doctor or as a medic in the armed forces), it is always rammed home that you have to keep track and count of everything that is used. In this case, the guy was lucky that he did not die from blood poisoning.
thepro at 01:07 PM JST - 5th June

I hope he gets a lot of money out of them
Hughgarse at 01:53 PM JST - 5th June

ah, the Japanese medical system under fire again... bl00dy hell, is this 1700`s
capone at 06:34 PM JST - 5th June

glad they mentioned the color...that was kinda important
electric2004 at 10:14 PM JST - 5th June

Maybe he gets 1000 Yen per year. Or 1200 if he is lucky. This seems to be how it works.