South Carolina has paid $1 million to the estate of a 58-year-old patient who died following days in agony after surgeons left a blade inside him.
Jeffrey Alan Fulcher, a husband and father of three, had undergone a minimally invasive surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina in June 2022 to remove part of his esophagus after being diagnosed with localized carcinoma, a type of cancer.
During the procedure, a Thompson retractor blade ended up inside Fulcher’s abdomen, according to local outlet WCSC, which cited documents from a lawsuit…