Woman wins zl.42,000 damages over error during delivery of Siamese twins

A woman has won damages of zl.42,000 from the Krakow University Hospital aft er doctors left surgical cloth in her abdomen during a Cesarean section. The hospital agreed to pay the compensation after the patient took the case to t he local court. The accident happened during the delivery of Siamese twins. After the woman started complaining of a pain, doctors diagnosed her with ab dominal cancer. The surgical cloth was only discovered during an operation s everal months later. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 8) M.T.K.