Towel left in woman’s abdomen during C-section, removed at AIIMS after 3 months
Jodhpur, November 25, 2024.
Doctors left a towel inside a woman's abdomen during a cesarean delivery in the government hospital of Kuchaman 3 months ago.Ignorant of this negligence of the doctors, she kept suffering from abdominal pain caused by the presence of a foreign body in her abdomen for nearly three months despite visiting several hospitals and doctors.
She finally reached AIIMS, where tests revealed a 15x10 cm towel in her abdomen. The doctors of the AIIMS then undertook a surgery and removed the towel from her abdomen.
Due to abdominal pain, the woman could eat very little, which significantly reduced her breast milk production. As a result, her newborn baby had to be fed external milk.
The CMHO (Didwana) Anil Judia , however has constituted a committee for inquiry in...
