Death of TN woman due to cotton wad left in abdomen: SHRC issues notice
TNN | Jan 7, 2020, 08.31 PM IST
CUDDALORE: The State Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports about the death of a woman due to an infection caused by a cotton wad left in her abdomen by doctors in Vriddhachalam Government Hospital in Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu.
The commission issued a notice on Tuesday to Cuddalore district joint director (medical services) P N Ramesh Babu directing him to submit a detailed report within two weeks. The report should also have details of action taken against the erring officials.
The commission said it would list the case after two weeks and directed the joint director to submit the report by post without fail. The commission warned that it would initiate appropriate action as it deems fit and proper if he failed to submit a report.
R Priya, wife of V Rajkumar, 26, from a village near Vriddhachalam died due to an infection caused by a cotton wad left in her abdomen by doctors in Vriddhachalam Government Hospital.
Police said Priya developed labour pain on December 27 and was rushed to hospital. Doctors performed a Caesarean section the same night, and she gave birth to a girl.
Priya, however, complained of a severe stomach pain post-surgery. On December 31, after she took seriously ill, doctors referred her to Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (Jipmer) in Puducherry.
A team of doctors in Jipmer suspected that she might be suffering from severe sepsis, a serious condition due to the presence of foreign particles in the body and the body’s response to it. The team performed surgery in the abdomen (laparotomy) and found a mass of inflated tissues filled with pus. The team removed the pus and found a foreign body (cotton wad) in her abdomen. She died on January 1.
TNN | Jan 7, 2020, 08.31 PM IST
CUDDALORE: The State Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports about the death of a woman due to an infection caused by a cotton wad left in her abdomen by doctors in Vriddhachalam Government Hospital in Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu.
The commission issued a notice on Tuesday to Cuddalore district joint director (medical services) P N Ramesh Babu directing him to submit a detailed report within two weeks. The report should also have details of action taken against the erring officials.
The commission said it would list the case after two weeks and directed the joint director to submit the report by post without fail. The commission warned that it would initiate appropriate action as it deems fit and proper if he failed to submit a report.
R Priya, wife of V Rajkumar, 26, from a village near Vriddhachalam died due to an infection caused by a cotton wad left in her abdomen by doctors in Vriddhachalam Government Hospital.
Police said Priya developed labour pain on December 27 and was rushed to hospital. Doctors performed a Caesarean section the same night, and she gave birth to a girl.
Priya, however, complained of a severe stomach pain post-surgery. On December 31, after she took seriously ill, doctors referred her to Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (Jipmer) in Puducherry.
A team of doctors in Jipmer suspected that she might be suffering from severe sepsis, a serious condition due to the presence of foreign particles in the body and the body’s response to it. The team performed surgery in the abdomen (laparotomy) and found a mass of inflated tissues filled with pus. The team removed the pus and found a foreign body (cotton wad) in her abdomen. She died on January 1.
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