Five doctors have been found guilty of medical negligence after Kheelawati Shankar died from septicemia due to a surgical sponge being left inside her abdomen during a hysterectomy. The ...

A lawsuit filed against Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital, Illinois, alleges a surgical sponge was negligently left inside a patient after surgery, according to a complaint filed in McHenry ...

The medical malpractice lawsuit alleges Meredith Gardner, a surgical technologist, nurse Elizabeth Romanes and the doctor who performed the surgery, Dr. Aqeel Sandhu, failed to ensure all sponges ...

An Illinois hospital has been sued amid allegations a surgical team left a sponge inside a cancer patient’s body for months. Unsplash via Hush Naidoo Jade Photography For months, Frank Kryzak ...