The scenario begins with the day after surgery when a nurse removed a drainage tube from a patient's surgical wound. Four months later, a computerized tomography (CT) scan revealed that a 4.25-inch piece of plastic tubing had been left at the surgical site. The patient underwent a second surgery to have this piece of tubing removed. The patient then sued the hospital and the nurse for negligence. Here are the questions we need to consider: Do the facts of the case support the plaintiff's reliance on res ipsa loquitur?