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Thursday, 22 June 2006 09:30
BNN: British Nursing News Online · www.bnn-online.co.uk
Docs left needle
Medics at the hospital, Guys’ in London, left Diane Nichols in agony after a needle was found in her body after an operation.

Pharmacy assistant Diane, 42, first went into hospital on February 9 to have suspected kidney stones removed.

None were found and her condition deteriorated rapidly afterwards. She developed blood and urine infections causing a month-long hospital stay.

She was still in great pain, so medics arranged for an x-ray.

A week later a doctor called her to say a needle had shown up on the x-ray, deep inside her above the kidneys.

In an op lasting almost five hours, docs failed to remove the needle.

Diane said: “After the op, my consultant said, ‘how did the needle get there — would you be prepared to see a psychiatrist?’

Then another consultant came to see me and said, ‘I’ve been thinking about it and the only way it could have got inside is if you had swallowed it’. I was furious.”

The needle was finally removed in a third op.

Diane added: “I am now taking legal action. The way I was treated was terrible.”

A spokesperson for Guys’ said: “We are not able to discuss the details. We take all complaints very seriously and we are committed to investigating”.


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