Surgeons left up to 16 objects in a man's body after an operation for prostate cancer. a lawyer in Germany has said.

Annette Corinth said doctors removed a needle, compresses and surgical strips from banker Helmut Brecht after his wounds failed to heal properly following surgery in 2009.

The 77-year-old ex-banker died last year and his family is seeking 80,000 euro damages for his suffering, plus costs, from the Henriettenstift hospital in Hannover. A spokesman for the organisation which runs the hospital rejected the claims, saying the equipment mentioned was not in use at the hospital.

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