Alleged Negligence at Jawaddi Govt Hospital: Cotton Roll Left Inside Abdomen after Childbirth for 28 days, Doctors Say Patient was Misguided
Medical Negligence
Ludhiana: Medical Negligence has been reported at a Government hospital, Jawaddi, where a cotton roll was allegedly left inside the abdomen of a patient after undergoing childbirth.
The cotton roll that was kept to stop the bleeding was allegedly left inside the abdomen for 28 days and the family of the patient came to know about the matter after approaching a private hospital for check-up.
As per a recent media report, the cotton roll was allegedly removed at the same government hospital on Thursday. However, the doctors at the hospital have denied any negligence on their part and they have claimed that the patient was misguided about the matter.
The 22-years-old patient, Pardeep Kaur hails from Pabbian village and she had approached the government hospital for childbirth. After delivering a boy on December 8, she was discharged by the hospital and went back to her home.
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