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He Sewed a Sponge Into a Throat - The Surgeon Who Maimed 31
He Sewed a Sponge Into a Throat - The Surgeon Who Maimed 31
A medical horror unfolded in Houston-area operating rooms: one surgeon left 31 patients permanently maimed, two dead, and prosecutors estimate total blood loss across cases reached 23 liters. How could a neurosurgeon with a polished CV and privileges at major hospitals cause fifty corrective surgeries and still keep operating?
In this episode, we present the sequence of events, the patients affected, and the institutional choices that allowed harm to continue - from surgical sponges sewn into throats to hospitals accepting…
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