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2005-02-05
DANVILLE, Pa. - Geisinger Medical Center has settled a lawsuit filed by a woman who alleged that a surgeon left a 4-inch metal instrument in her uterus. The lawsuit filed in Montour County Court alleged that Dr. Samuel Owusu operated on Lori Klinger, now 35, in November 2002. The suit alleged that two days after her surgery, the instrument - sharp on one end with a rubber bulb on the other - emerged from her vagina.
"Oh! There it is! I was wondering where that got to!"
Hospital officials disputed Klinger's account of the instrument, saying that it was a "small, blunt, rubber-like, screw-on tip of a medical instrument." The hospital also contended that the instrument was not left in Klinger's uterus but that it became dislodged in her vagina. Lori Klinger on Thursday said she stands by her account. Neither she nor Geisinger officials would comment about the financial details of the settlement. Klinger, of Fernville, had sued on seven counts for a possible total of $350,000.
Posted by:muck4doo

#7  Reminds me of the time my wife had a hysterectomy, oophorectomy and tube removal and the doc left an ovary behind. "Hmm, it's been six months and still no menopause. That's odd." One CAT scan later: not only did they forget the ovary, but it now has a golf ball sized cyst on it. Morons. By the way, is that Coke or Pepsi in that pic?
Posted by: Anonymous   2005-02-05 6:51:06 PM  

#6  Reminds me of the time my wife had a hysterectomy, oophorectomy and tube removal and the doc left an ovary behind. "Hmm, it's been six months and still no menopause. That's odd." One CAT scan later: not only did they forget the ovary, but it now has a golf ball sized cyst on it. Morons. By the way, is that Coke or Pepsi in that pic?
Posted by: Up The Hill Backwards   2005-02-05 6:51:50 PM  

#5  Did he finally go in for a sex change operation? He's got to be getting pretty old; Korea was 50 years ago.
Posted by: Mrs. Davis   2005-02-05 10:24:04 AM  

#4  As the joke goes: On his day off, the ob/gyn walpapered his living room through the mail slot on his front door.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2005-02-05 9:31:12 AM  

#3  "Ahh, damn! I lost my vibe-rator tip inside. Whatta do? Whatta do? Hey, it may vaguely look like a 'medical instrument'! Let's sue!"
Posted by: Sobiesky   2005-02-05 3:36:35 AM  

#2  The hospital also contended that the instrument was not left in Klinger’s uterus but that it became dislodged in her vagina.

Oh, well. In that case...
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2005-02-05 12:23:57 AM  

#1  Good thing they didn't discover it -em- some other way.....
Posted by: CRazyFool   2005-02-05 12:06:35 AM  

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