A 26-year-old woman died at a private hospital in Uttarakhand due to an infection caused allegedly by a bandage left inside her abdomen during delivery by the doctors. An investigation has been launched into the matter, the officials said on Wednesday.
A complaint was filed by the deceased’s husband, Prajjwal Pal, following which a committee was formed. Headed by Dehradun Chief Medical Officer Manoj Sharma, this four-member committee will probe the death of the woman.
According to the complaint, Jyoti Pal gave birth to a son via cesarean section (C-section) at the Eye and Mother Care Centre here in January this year. It is alleged that doctors left the bandage in her abdomen and stitched it up.
A few days later, Jyoti began experiencing abdominal pain, after which she was taken to the same hospital, but doctors were unable to explain the cause.
When her condition worsened, she was taken to another hospital, where she was found to have been carrying a bandage inside her that caused a serious stomach infection, and Jyoti succumbed to the infection.
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