Riverside (Calif.) Community Hospital has been fined $50,000 after a metal clamp was left in a patient, according to a Press Enterprise report.
The incident occurred when surgical staff lost count of the number of instruments used during a 2009 surgery. The clamp was discovered during a CT scan and then removed.
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The California Department of Public Health levied the fine against the hospital.
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