Bareilly: Pregnant woman sent with gauze inside after surgery; loses uterus

Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh: A private hospital is under probe for allegedly leaving a gauze inside a woman's stomach, which caused her uterus to be removed, according to the chief medical officer.

It was a double whammy for Noorjahan, who gave birth to a stillborn.

When, after surgery, she complained of pain and her stitches started bleeding, her husband, Tahir, took her to another hospital on July 28.

An ultrasound revealed there was a medical gauze in her stomach.

The doctors removed the gauze, as well as her uterus, because of the rot that had set in due to an infection.

According to a complaint Tahir wrote to the Bareilly chief medical officer Dr Vishram Singh, Noorjahan had been operated on by Dr Shabaz on June 3 for delivery at a private hospital in Bhojipura.

"The doctor left the medical gauze (used in medical dressing) inside her body," the Dadiya village native wrote in the complaint.

Dr Vishram Singh took cognisance of the complaint on Sunday.

"The case is in my knowledge. We have formed a team under the Deputy CMO Dr Laiki Ahmed to probe the matter. If found guilty, the hospital's registration will be cancelled and it will be sealed," he said.