Surgical gauze left in woman's abdomen during operation
A woman has won compensation after a gauze dressing was left inside her abdomen. File photo: Times of Malta
A woman has been awarded almost €28,000 in compensation after doctors left a surgical gauze inside her abdomen following an intervention at Mater Dei Hospital 10 years ago.Mr Justice Toni Abela said that although the court could not identify the precise moment the gauze was left inside her wound, it had caused an infection that...