AP doctor, nurse suspended after surgical blade found inside patient

Palnadu district medical and health officer (DMHO) Dr B Ravi told TOI that, following the orders of senior officials within the medical and health department, Dr Narayana Swamy and a staff nurse who assisted the doctor in the surgery were placed under suspension.

 Acting on Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu’s orders, the Health Department suspended Narasaraopeta government hospital’s civil assistant surgeon T Narayana Swamy.

“Narasaraopeta government hospital’s civil assistant surgeon T Narayana Swamy has been suspended,” said an official press release.

"Following a tubectomy operation on a woman on November 26, Swamy allegedly left a surgical blade in her body, which was uncovered during a probe, leading to his suspension for negligence on duty," said the press release, quotes PTI

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"The suspended doctor argued that if there was any negligence on his part, the surgical blade should have been found inside the patient's abdomen. However, the blade was discovered inside the thigh. A probe is underway to determine how the surgical blade was found near the thigh when the patient was operated on for tubectomy," Dr Ravi told TOI.