Doctor leaves bandage in patient's abdomen post surgery, booked after death of patient
Doctor booked
Amroha: In an alleged case of medical negligence, a doctor of a private hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Amroha has been booked after a female patient died due to a bandage left inside her abdomen during surgery.
Amroha's Chief Medical Officer, Dr Rajiv Singhal, said that a district three-member probe team has been formed to investigate the matter.
After the incident, the local people gathered to protest outside the hospital and demanded the immediate arrest of the doctor who was involved in the operation.
An FIR has been lodged against the doctor on the complaint of the deceased woman's husband.
The woman, a mother of two, had died on Friday.
Her family alleged that the doctor left a portion of the bandage inside her abdomen when he operated on her.
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The husband of the deceased woman said he took his wife to a private hospital where she underwent surgery around a month ago.
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