article_snippet: a South Dakota Hospital maintained that the marks on Vern Traversie's abdomen Vern Traversie's abdomen were the result of a skin reaction to medical tape.
article_snippet: Hospital response: the hospital maintained that the marks on Mr Traversie abdomen were the result of a skin reaction to medical tape .
article_snippet: a nurse at the hospital told the Indian Country Today Media Network after the operation: 'You can see the surgery sutures, and the Indian Country
article_snippet: A friend of the 69-year-old who made a YouTube video about the case, said they also cut down through an existing surgery scar and carved two vertical lines above an existing surgery scar.
article_snippet: The hospital have attributed the extra wounds to surgical tape or to infections related to South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley diabetes.
highlights_snippet: a South Dakota Hospital maintained that the marks on Vern Traversie's abdomen were the result of a skin reaction to medical tape .
  