Army veteran Glenford Turner, 61, had a mysterious pain following a radical prostatectomy in 2013, and discovered four years later that there was a "5 inch scalpel handle" stuck in his abdomen. He ...

It wasn’t until March 2017, during an MRI for an unrelated issue that the object, described as a “5 inch scalpel handle” in another court document, was found in Turner’s abdomen, between ...

A veteran in Connecticut is suing a Veterans Affair Hospital, claiming that someone left a scalpel handle inside of his abdomen after surgery, according to news reports.

Army vet says VA hospital left scalpel inside his abdomen after 2013 surgery Glenford Turner, 61, is suing the VA in U.S. District Court.

The Sioux City Journal reported last year that the doctor responsible for both the clinic and for failing to ensure the proper sterilization of a scalpel handle was terminated.

An Army veteran from Bridgeport says an MRI revealed that a surgeon left a scalpel in his abdomen four years earlier. Glenford Turner, 61, went to the West Haven Veterans Affairs Hospital with abdo… ...