The Chief Medical Officer for Hapur district, Dr. Sunil Tyagi, said they are aware of the incident at the community health center.
Hapur (UP): In an incident that raises serious questions about the state healthcare system, the doctor at a government hospital in Uttar Pradesh’s Hapur left a surgical needle inside an 18-year-old’s head after stitching up an injury.
Sitara was taken to a community health center where she had sustained a head injury resulting from a clash with neighbors. A doctor told her that stitches were required on her head.
He and healthcare staff conducted the procedure, bandaged the woman’s head, and then sent her back home.
She started screaming there at the backache. Her family took her to a private hospital. Some doctors opened it again; to their shock, there was a needle inside. Only after it was removed did she start feeling a little better.
We don’t want anyone to face this. We want action,’ said the woman’s mother, who alleged that the doctor at the state-run community health center was drunk. The woman’s mother also produced the needle extracted from her daughter’s head.
Chief Medical Officer for Hapur district, Dr. Sunil Tyagi, said they were aware of the incident at the community health center. “We have ordered an investigation by a two-member team. As soon as we get a report, we will take action.”
On the charge of the family that the doctor was drunk during the procedure, the senior medic said, “There is no such doctor in the district. And the doctor, in this case, does not drink at all.”
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Surgical needles left inside a patient’s body can cause chronic pain and irritation or even organ injury.
