Figures Show Just What Goes Wrong in the Nhs ; Surgical Errors, Drug Mix-Ups and Medical Equipment Failures Which Hit the Nhs in the South West in the Past Year Have Been Revealed.

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Surgical errors, drug mix-ups and medical equipment failures which hit the NHS in the South West in the past year have been revealed.

Figures for 2007 showed there were three botched operations, eight equipment failures and 16 mistakes with drugs within hospitals, primary care trusts (PCTs) and the ambulance service.

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Figures Show Just What Goes Wrong in the Nhs ; Surgical Errors, Drug Mix-Ups and Medical Equipment Failures Which Hit the Nhs in the South West in the Past Year Have Been Revealed.

After one operation, a patient had to be readmitted because surgeons accidentally injured the bowel.

Surgeons also operated on the wrong side of a...

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