In China, doctors at Tongji Hospital forgot a patient in the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine after performing an examination. The man was not found until six hours later, and the specialists were suspended. This came through the local Soho portal.
Radiology personnel violated discipline and shift transfer procedures, resulting in a patient remaining in the MRI machine after the procedure was completed. The medical department apologized to the victim, conducted a full examination of him, and is currently discussing compensation with his family outlet.
On March 10, media reported that plastic surgeons at Dr. Pershin Medical Center in Kaliningrad forgot a bandage inside a 41-year-old patient after fat removal surgery. Because of this, after two days, the woman’s stomach became covered with black spots, and fluid began to leak from the inflamed seams. After that, the patient’s lawyer Nikolai Chernychuk filed a lawsuit against the clinic for 10 million rubles.
On January 30, surgeons at Derbent Central City Hospital removed a tissue from the stomach of a 79-year-old patient, which their colleagues had forgotten four years earlier.