'A surgeon left a medical specimen bag inside me after hernia op'

A man discovered a medical specimen bag had been left inside his abdominal cavity after his hernia surgery, the BBC has found.

The surgeon who carried out the procedure, at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton in 2016, also left behind part of Tom Hadrys's bowel that had been cut out during the operation.

According to a hospital incident report seen by BBC Newsnight, the surgeon realised his mistakes while driving home from work.

Sussex Police are investigating at least 105 cases of alleged medical negligence by two surgery teams at the University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust.

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Source: BBC News, 24 May 2024