COBB, Judge.
The plaintiffs below, Dorothy and Ernest Abston, sued Dr. Bryan and Holmes Regional Medical Center for medical malpractice, alleging the defendants were negligent in allowing a foreign object (a laparotomy pad) to be left in Dorothy's body during surgery performed on January 11, 1984. As a result, she suffered pain and discomfort, necessitating a second surgical procedure on January 24, 1984, to remove the pad and an infected rib area.
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