Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital expressed “sincere sympathy” on Tuesday for a patient who had had a piece of surgical gauze left inside his abdomen after surgery. It was discovered 10 months later.
The remarks from the private hospital came as the Department of Health publicised the incident, which was reported by the Hospital Authority.
A surgeon left a piece of gauze inside the 60-year-old man during a laparotomy and colostomy in October last year, the hospital said on Tuesday....
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