Going to a doctor, taking medicines and subjecting yourself for medical tests are a harrowing experience for many people. Many of us dread the day when we have to go under the knife. Time and again we ...

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has apologised and said the incident at Redditch’s Alexandra Hospital, and first reported by the BBC, was “exceptionally ...

A woman is suing Shasta Regional Medical Center and a Redding doctor for medical negligence because she says an 8-inch long surgical instrument was left inside her during surgery. The lawsuit says ...

A record number of "foreign objects" have been left inside patients' bodies after surgery, new data reveals. Incidents analysed by the PA news agency showed it happened a total of 291 times in 2021/22 ...

A pair of seven-inch long surgical forceps were surgically removed from the stomach of a man in Chhattisgarh on Friday — two years after they had been left in there during an earlier operation, ...

Drill bits and scalpels were among a record number of surgical tools left inside patients after operations last year, new data shows. Cases of foreign objects left in bodies happened 291 times in ...