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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Rachel Dobkin

South Carolina pays estate of patient who died following days in agony after surgeons left a blade inside him

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.

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