Varanasi: Doctor Leaves Syringes Inside Woman's Body, Hospital Also Left Cotton In a Prior Surgery Accuses Patient
Rani, victim, said the doctors had also left pieces of cotton and flesh inside her stomach while she went for her child's delivery in 2013. Police said that investigation have begun. Cases of such medical negligence have surfaced time and again from different parts of India. The disturbing news of doctors or medical attendants leaving or forgetting surgical equipment in patient's body is beyond comprehension and yet a reality.
Varanasi, February 11: Imagine going to doctor for a surgery and coming back to experience days of pain and agony. This is exactly what happened with a patient at Sir Sunderlal Hospital of Varanasi's Banaras Hindu University (BHU). A woman patient has accused a lady doctor of leaving syringes inside her body while she underwent an operation for surgical sterilisation in 2017.
The X- Ray reports confirmed that there were needles inside the body. Rani, victim, made another shocking allegation saying that the very doctors had also left pieces of cotton and flesh inside her stomach while she went for her child's delivery in 2013. Speaking to ANI, husband of the victim, Vikas Dwivedi said, "In 2017, she underwent surgical sterilisation following which she began experiencing pain. We took her to the hospital and the doctors on operating her found two syringes inside her body. Then they asked her to get an X-Ray done and we found there were three more syringes inside her".
The woman has also accused the same hospital of leaving cotton in her body when she had been to the hospital for her child's delivery in 2013. However, confirmation on these allegations are yet to come.
No FIR has been filed so far, however, the police have sent the case to the Chief Medical Officer for further probe. "We received a complaint from a man that a lady doctor in the hospital had left needles in the stomach of his wife while she was being operated there. This was detected only recently. We have begun with the investigation," Station house Officer (SHO) of Lanka, Sanjeev Mishra, stated.
On February 8, the Uttar Pradesh police arrested the quack doctor accused of infecting at least 40 people with HIV in state's Unnao district. The accused allegedly used an HIV infected syringe to treat all his patients in the vicinity. While police acted after complaints and reports started circulating in media, the accused Rajesh Yadav had already done the damage to many lives. This incident puts a light on how such quacks thrive in India due to the absence of enough medical hospitals and affordable clinics. The lure for patients in many such cases is the lure of saving time that they would have to invest if they went to a public hospital. Patients also need to be careful of such dubious and 'magic-pill-injection' schemes advertised. The sad reality is, that most of the patients who can't afford the bills of private hospitals or healthcare are left with no option but to avail whatever service they find convenient.
Cases of such medical negligence have surfaced time and again from different parts of India. The disturbing news of doctors or medical attendants leaving or forgetting surgical equipment in patient's body is beyond comprehension and yet a reality. These reports cast a cloud on India's healthcare and are a blemish on medical facilities and sector in the country. Prompt action on the part of medical council and police, as well as proper compensation to patients in such cases need to provided.
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