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Chhattisgarh: Doctors left cotton gauze in abdomen during Caesarean section

A woman on Saturday accused a Public Health Center of leaving a cotton gauze in her abdomen after surgery in July last year in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur.

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Published : Jun 5, 2021, 8:47 PM IST

Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh): A woman on Saturday accused a Public Health Center of leaving a cotton gauze in her abdomen after surgery in July last year in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur.

Kirti Gendle, a resident of Navara Panchayat near Ganiyari, was admitted for delivery ten months ago at the Ganiyari Public Health Center, where she had undergone a Caesarean section.

Later, she experienced severe pain in the abdomen and visited a private hospital. The woman groaning in pain kept on making rounds of public health centres and other hospitals.

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The matter came to light when the woman was finally diagnosed at a private hospital. The doctors there found a cotton gauze in her abdomen, and that she developed complications. The cotton gauze was removed from the woman's abdomen after surgery in a private hospital.

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Now, the victim has lodged a complaint against the health department on medical negligence.

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