Mangalore, Jun 30: In a case of apparent medical negligence, well-known doctors in a reputed private hospital in Mangalore had left a pair of surgical scissors in a patient's abdomen after a crucial operation. As a result the victim, a young woman, was tormented by a series of strange diseases for past four years, without knowing about the presence of scissors in her stomach.
In February, 2010, Dr Poornima Nair and Dr Rohit Gatti had operated on 30-year-old Umm-ul-Miqass (name changed) at Mangalore Nursing Home. The woman, who hailed from a remote village of Madoor near Kotekar in Mangalore taluk, was discharged from the hospital a few days after the “successful” hysterectomy surgery.
However within a few days, the health condition of Umm-ul-Miqass began to deteriorate. She experienced constant abdominal pain. Severe pain and swelling in her joints turned her life into hell. She suffered from multiple diseases including back-to-back fevers for more than four long years. No medical treatment could solve her problem.
Very recently, a skin specialist in Unity Health Centre, Mangalore, after examining her, asked her to undergo scanning. The result shocked the staff and doctors, as there was a pair of scissors lying in the abdomen.
Hush Up!
When helpless Umm-ul-Miqass, who is now 35, came back to Mangalore Nursing Home on last Saturday, along with the X-ray copy, which clearly showed the image of scissors, the accused doctors reportedly tried to hush-up the case through negotiation with her family members.
Frustrated over the carelessness of the doctors, Umm-ul-Miqass told media persons that the doctors who had operated on her four years ago, now “advised” her not to reveal the incident and undergo further treatment in the same hospital.
“How can I trust them? They are “Doctor Kerper” (killer doctors). They destroyed my life. I will not allow them to destroy the life of other patients. I will wage legal battle against them. I need justice,” said the woman.
The spirit of "team-work"!
Dr Poornima Nair, who initially made a futile attempt to hide behind the scientific terminologies, later gave the credit to the entire team inside Operation Theater.
Health Minister shocked
Karnataka Health and Family Welfare Minister U T Khader, who is also a local MLA, expressing shock over the incident sought a detailed report on the incident from DHO.
“This is a case of utter medical negligence. Appropriate legal action should be taken against all those who are responsible for this tragedy,” he said. He said that hospitals and doctors will lose credibility due to such irresponsibility on part of certain doctors.
The minister also said that he was in contact with the family of the woman, who got admitted to the Unity Health Centre for the removal of surgical instruments from her stomach.
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