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Woman's routine hernia repair turns into deadly constipation after nurses brush off her 'very uncomfortable' symptoms and 'tearful' cries for help, lawsuit says

An Iowa surgeon and two registered nurses are being sued by the family of a woman who died after a routine hernia repair, with their lawsuit alleging she suffered from an infection and deadly constipation symptoms that were brushed off a…

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An Iowa surgeon and two registered nurses are being sued by the family of a woman who died after a routine hernia repair, with their lawsuit alleging she suffered from an infection and deadly constipation symptoms that were brushed off as "normal."

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