Surgical Error News Today

Medical Council says Dr Chu Kin-wah failed to properly investigate after patient’s complaints or adequately check possible presence of a foreign object.

According to New Zealand’s health and disability commissioner, the patient had an Alexis wound retractor — a device used to hold a wound open — lodged in her abdomen.

According to New Zealand’s health and disability commissioner, the patient had an Alexis wound retractor — a device used to hold a wound open — lodged in her abdomen.

A New South Wales Coroner has recommended that the Health Care Complaints Commissioner investigate the care and treatment a doctor provided to an Oaklands man who died at Albury Base Hospital in 2019.