Surgeons Leave 16 Different Items in German Patient’s Body

The family of an elderly patient who died in Germany after surgeons left 16 different items in his body during a routine operation is now suing hospital authorities for over $120,000. Surgeons managed to remove 16 different items from Dirk Schroeder’s body, including a needle, a six-inch toll of bandage, a six-inch long compress and several swabs and a piece of surgical mask. Dirk Schroeder was said to have suffered "appalling agony" after the routine surgery for prostate cancer in 2009. Doctors had told him that he could expect to live another six years at least.