A hospital patient has died after being set on fire during surgery in Romania.
Surgeons at Floreasca Hospital in Bucharest used an alcohol-based disinfectant on the woman, 66, before carrying out her operation for pancreatic cancer on 22 December.
But they then used an electric scalpel - which, as it came into contact with the alcohol, set the woman's body alight on the operating table.
She suffered burns to 40% of her body, and died in hospital a week later.
Police have opened an investigation into the woman's death, local media report.
...Romania spends the least on its healthcare system of any EU country, both per resident and as a percentage of its GDP. It has the highest child mortality rates on the continent, along with an underdeveloped hospital infrastructure and a persistent shortage of medical staff.
