Because of the forgotten needle in the heart, the American painfully died a month

In Tennessee, the family sued TriStar Centennial, claiming that the surgeon had forgotten the needle during a heart operation and was unable to remove it during the second operation.

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73-year-old John Burns Johnson from Lafayette died about a month after surgery. His health steadily deteriorated after surgeons had forgotten the needle in his body.

“Johnson’s condition continued to deteriorate over the next thirty days,” the lawsuit states. “He was seriously ill and never saw the house again.”

The lawsuit filed in Davidson County Court states that Johnson 2, May 2017, had open heart surgery at the TriStar Centennial. About nine hours after the operation, the surgeon stitched Johnson's chest, and then found that one of his surgical needles was missing. Then an x-ray confirmed that the needle was in Johnson's body.

Then the surgeon opened the Johnson chest again to remove the needle, but could not remove it. The needle was finally removed more than a month later, after Johnson's death, during his autopsy. The lawsuit alleges that Johnson died in agony for the last month.

In a statement released on Friday afternoon, TriStar stated that it had only recently been aware of the lawsuit and was not yet ready to respond to specific claims. Nashville Hospital is part of the TriStar Health network, which is owned by HCA Healthcare, the largest hospital company in the country.

The lawsuit alleges that the severe operation was performed by Dr. Shrekumar Subramanyan. Subramanian does not have state disciplinary cases and has an 5-star rating on the Tristar web site. He began working at the hospital in 2015.

Medical instruments remaining in the patient's body are a rare mistake, and the consequences can be serious. These incidents happen in one case of 5500-7000 operations, and about 10 percent of forgotten items are surgical needles, according to 2014 research of the year. About 2 percent of incidents are fatal.

The lawsuit was filed by Johnson's widow, his son and daughter.

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