'Surgeons left 16 items in body after op'
2013-01-17 13:55
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Berlin - A lawyer in Germany claims surgeons left up to
16 objects in her client's body after an operation for prostate cancer.
Annette Corinth says doctors removed a needle, compresses
and surgical strips from banker Helmut Brecht after his wounds failed to heal
properly following surgery in 2009.
The 77-year-old ex-banker died last year and his family
is seeking €80 000 damages for his suffering, plus costs, from the
Henriettenstift hospital in Hannover.
A spokesperson for the Protestant Church-linked organisation
that runs the hospital rejected the claims.
Achim Balkhoff told AP on Thursday the objects couldn't
have been left in the patient's body during the operation because the equipment
wasn't in use at the hospital.
He added that the compensation demands were
"unusually high" for such a case.
- AP
