Unfortunately, these kinds of cases happen very often. Statistics have said that there have been around 1500 situations of surgical tools left inside people's bodies each year. However, this man's story was a little bit more shocking seeing as the tool was sticking out of his body. It was said that even still, nobody believed him. He was told to seek psychiatric care when he complained that a tool had been left inside of his body. He demanded a CT scan, and after doing that it was indeed true that a 10-inch retractor had been left in his abdomen. He ended up suing the medical center.
A 10-inch Retractor Was Left in a Man's Body
Unfortunately, these kinds of cases happen very often. Statistics have said that there have been around 1500 situations of surgical tools left inside people's bodies each year. However, this man's story was a little bit more shocking seeing as the tool was sticking out of his body. It was said that even still, nobody believed him. He was told to seek psychiatric care when he complained that a tool had been left inside of his body. He demanded a CT scan, and after doing that it was indeed true that a 10-inch retractor had been left in his abdomen. He ended up suing the medical center.
A Psychiatrist Traumatized Her Own Patient So Badly He Took His Own Life
A Psychiatrist Traumatized Her Own Patient So Badly He Took His Own Life
While surgeons and anesthesiologists tend to make more of the costlier mistakes, psychiatrists can actually cause life long damage to their patients. One Harvard-educated doctor forced one of her patients to go through "reparenting", making him relive traumatic childhood experiences while she pretended to be his mom. She then took advantage of his fragile state by entering a physical relationship with him. She encouraged him to cut off his real family and he ended up taking his own life, and his family successfully sued her.
A Psychiatrist Traumatized Her Own Patient So Badly He Took His Own Life
While surgeons and anesthesiologists tend to make more of the costlier mistakes, psychiatrists can actually cause life long damage to their patients. One Harvard-educated doctor forced one of her patients to go through "reparenting", making him relive traumatic childhood experiences while she pretended to be his mom. She then took advantage of his fragile state by entering a physical relationship with him. She encouraged him to cut off his real family and he ended up taking his own life, and his family successfully sued her.
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