Source: New York Post
Surgeons are givers, not takers — sometimes they even leave a little souvenir behind in a patient’s guts. Doofus docs mistakenly drop sponges, needles, a bit of gauze, a wire or even a stray screwdriver inside bodies, then go on to stitch up the op. The shameful list of forgotten doodads — called Surgically Retained Items (SRIs) — also includes springs, syringes, suction bulbs, nails, screws, drill bits, broken pieces of equipment, marking pens and cotton swabs.
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