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When someone goes to the doctor, they trust that the doctor will help them feel better.
But sometimes, a doctor may miss a serious illness like cancer. This is called a failure to diagnose.
When that happens, it can be scary and even dangerous.
In this article, we’ll explain what failure to diagnose cancer means, what can happen because of it, and what legal rights a person has if it happens to them.
Doctors are trained to look
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Cosmetic surgery is a type of medical treatment that helps change how someone looks.
People may choose cosmetic surgery to fix a part of their body they don’t like or to feel better about themselves.
Eyelid surgery
While most surgeries are safe, sometimes things can go wrong.
If something goes wrong because the doctor made a
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Surgery helps save lives and treat health problems, but sometimes mistakes happen.
One grave mistake is when doctors or nurses accidentally leave something inside a patient’s body after surgery.
This is called a “retained surgical item” (RSI) or a foreign object left behind.
It could be a sponge, a small tool, or even a piece of gauze.
Let’s learn more about why this happens, how often it occurs, and what doctors do to prevent it.
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