More than 50 patients left with surgical swabs inside them as figures reveal ‘worrying trend’ of birth incidents
New NHS figures have highlighted a ‘worrying trend’ across England’s health trusts as dozens of patients are being sent home after treatment with surgical swabs left inside them. Figures revealing the ‘serious, largely preventable mistakes’ made on patients across England show that 53 people were sent home with ‘retained swabs’ still in their bodies between […]
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