Patient dies after surgeon places ‘pads’ in his stomach

Negligence by a urologist cost an Egyptian farmer in Egypt’s Gharbia governorate his life.

Abdul Rahman Badr, who was in his 40s, underwent laparoscopic surgery to remove a large kidney stone. The urologist allegedly cut the artery leading to the kidneys by mistake, leading to bleeding.

After the surgery, the doctor informed the patient’s family that he had died, and wrote in his report that the cause was a sharp drop in blood circulation.

The deceased was taken to another hospital where a forensic doctor found that the abdomen was opened in a way not commensurate with laparoscopic surgery. He found that the doctor who performed the surgery had placed three pads inside the patient’s abdomen to conceal the blood, and sewed him up so that no one would discover the act.

The director of the hospital and the anesthesiologist tried to reach an out of the court settlement, offering the victim’s family around $16,000, but the family demanded the doctor be taken to court to be punished.