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On the recordFebruary 24, 2010
There's a great hospital which I will not name. And at this hospital a woman went in for a simple removal of a mole from her face and under general anesthesia the oxygen caught fire, burning her face.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin shared a dramatic example to argue against caps on damages for medical malpractice.

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