A Nevada woman is suing her doctor and the hospital where she gave birth via Cesarean section in 2005, alleging that a surgical sponge was left inside her abdomen for 18 years.
Alma Nunez de Avelar “experienced pain and discomfort in her abdominal area that waxed and waned” after giving birth to her son, according to the lawsuit, which was filed on Jan. 18 against Summerlin Hospital Medical Center in Las Vegas and against Nunez de Avelar’s attending surgeon, Dr. Paul Wilkes.
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