Air Force Offers Former Army Spouse $50K Settlement After Towel Left Inside Her During C-Section
21 Oct 2021
Stars and Stripes | By Erica Earl
YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan – Eight years after a surgeon at this base in western Tokyo left a laparotomy towel inside Angie Perry's abdomen, the Air Force has offered to settle her medical malpractice claim for $50,000.
Perry, a former Army spouse now living in Vancouver, Wash., discovered the towel and had it removed five years after her cesarean section at Yokota in 2013, according to Perry and records she provided. She is seeking $1 million in compensation.
"There is no doubt in my mind if that towel wasn't found, it would've killed me," she told Stars and Stripes on Sept. 15. "I'd rather not take anything than settle."
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