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Srinagar, Dec 28: The health department has ordered a time bound enquiry to probe the allegations of negligence by the doctors of a sub-district hospital, who had left gauze in the abdomen of a female patient during surgery last year causing life-threatening infection to her.
"We have ordered a time bound enquiry to probe the allegations of negligence by the doctors at the SDH, Sogam. The team will be headed by Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Kupwara. He will submit the report in 15 days. Further action will be taken once the report comes," Director Health Services, Kashmir, Saleem-ur-Rehman, told . As reported earlier by Global News Service, the doctors at SDH, Sogam had left gauze in the abdomen of 41-year-old Hajra Begum of Ganai Mohalla, Lolab when she was operated at the hospital on June 20 last year. Hajra, who gave birth to a baby boy, had developed complications shortly after the doctors performed major surgery upon her.
Her husband Ghulam Mohammad Ganai had taken her to the same hospital where the same doctor prescribed her some medicines and assured her that she will recover perfectly. However, her condition deteriorated. The couple again visited the hospital, where the doctors told them to conduct USG test.
After the USG test showed the presence of 'floating body' in her abdomen, the doctor advised Hajra to go for some more tests including HB, KFT, LFT and CT Scan.
"After examining the reports, the doctor at the SDH Sogam said that there was nothing abnormal in them. He prescribed some injections saying it will cure the patient very soon. However, instead of brining some relief, the injection caused more pain and irritation to my wife," Ganai had told .
Hajra was taken to district hospital Kupwara by her husband.
The doctors had referred her to Srinagar's SMHS hospital, where she was operated upon. The doctors at the SMHS had recovered foreign body during the surgery.
The samples were then sent to the department of pathology, Government Medical College (GMC) Srinagar for investigations. In its report, a copy of which lies with, the pathology department said that "the samples contained infection collection of around 3.700 kg besides a gauze measuring 10x2 cm." |
