A public servant has lost a medical negligence case against Canberra Hospital, despite a judge finding her quality of life has suffered since half a needle snapped off in her spine.
Details of the incident were revealed on Friday, when the ACT Supreme Court published a judgment that showed patient Bronwyn Fuller was left "absolutely petrified".
Mrs Fuller, who works for the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, sued the hospital on the basis of vicarious liability for the alleged negligence of a registrar and an anaesthetist.
