Docs leave forceps in stomach, booked

Hyderabad: Two doctors at state run Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences here have been booked for alleged medical negligence after forceps were found in the abdomen of a woman, who underwent a surgery there last year.

A city resident underwent emergency surgery on Saturday to remove forceps left behind in her abdomen by doctors during an earlier surgery at the Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences.

The forceps were left behind in the abdomen of Ms Maheshwari Chowdary, 33, during a hernia operation on November 2. The forceps showed up in an X- ray she underwent at the hospital where she landed up complaining of severe pain and vomiting.

On February 8, Ms Chowdary complained of unbearable pain in the abdominal region and was rushed to the hospital. The X- ray revealed forceps in the external abdominal cavity. “The radiology department was not willing to share the report,” her husband Harshvardhan Chowdary said. “A battery of tests was carried out and they told us they have to operate again to remove the forceps. It was the first time we were told the forceps had been forgotten inside the body.”

Mr Chowdary , who had come to the hospital with his brother and other relatives, protested the negligence on the part of the doctors. Ms Chowdary had been admitted to the hospital on October 31 and the surgery performed on November 2. She was discharged on November 12.

A police case was registered under Sections 336 ( endangering life) and 337 ( causing hurt) against the surgical gastroenterology team of NIMS Hospital.