Patient Dies as Doctor Allegedly Leaves Scissors Inside Body During Surgery

Jaipur: A family in Rajasthan’s Jaipur has come up with a grave allegation against Jaipur’s Fortis Hospital of negligence during a heart surgery that claimed the life of a patient. This family alleged that the doctors left surgical scissors inside the body which led to the death of the patient.

After the cardiac operation, the patient did not recover. His condition deteriorated and he died 12 days after surgery. While collecting the bones of the deceased for rituals after the funeral, his family found a pair of surgical scissors. Following it, the family alleged that the patient had because of the surgical scissors left behind inside the body.

But the hospital authorities denied the allegation. The family of the deceased has preferred to file a complaint against the hospital at the Jawahar Circle police station of Jaipur.

The deceased was Upendra Sharma (74), His son Kamal stated in his police complaint that on May 30 his father underwent a heart operation in the said hospital and was discharged on May 31.

But after returning home his father’s condition deteriorated and he died on June 12.

On June 13, the deceased was cremated. On June 15, when Kamal went to the crematorium to collect the ashes, he found a pair of surgical scissors.

Fortis Hospital, Jaipur, termed the family’s claim to be false, baseless and malicious. The hospital claimed to be having all post-surgery reports and X-rays of the patient which confirm that there were no surgical scissors or any other foreign object inside the body.

Rajasthan Health Minister Parsadi Lal Meena, constituted a three-member committee to investigate the matter. The committee will submit its report in three days.