A military hospital in Pingtung City has been accused of leaving a surgical scalpel blade inside the chest cavity of a 72-year-old woman, which resulted in her death.
“We demand that the judiciary conduct an investigation. The family has asked for answers from the military hospital,” Pingtung County Councilor Hsu Chan-wei (許展維) said on Monday, accusing doctors and staff at the Pingtung Branch of Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital of gross negligence and misconduct.
A granddaughter of the 72-year-old, a high-school student surnamed Huang (黃), said her grandmother had serious coughing and discomfort on the evening of July 1, and she called