In Georgia, relatives of a patient have filed a lawsuit against the hospital that lost part of the man’s skull, leaving him with a large bill for a prosthetic. This was reported by CNN.
Fernando Cluster was taken to Emory University Hospital with a stroke, and to save his life, doctors had to perform a craniotomy and temporarily remove part of it. The 12 x 15 centimeter bone tissue had to be sent to a special storage facility.
When the old man felt better, the removed part of his skull had to be returned to its place, but doctors could not find it. The patient waited for the prosthesis to be installed, and the health institution billed the patient $146.8 thousand.
An infection occurred during the installation of the implant and the American had to undergo another surgery. The man’s relatives filed a lawsuit.
It was previously reported that there was a man in Turkey. loaded He had a dental implant in a private clinic and fell on the operating table due to a dentist’s mistake. During the appointment, the patient felt a sharp pain and lost consciousness; it turned out that the doctor screwed the implant too tightly. The prosthesis pierced the jawbone and got stuck in the brain.
Earlier in Krasnodar a woman sank Eye after dental surgery.