A Pakistani woman has had a pair of forceps removed from her abdomen a year and a half after they were left there during a Caesarean operation, a doctor said on Thursday.
The mother of four was admitted to hospital in the city of Karachi last week complaining of severe abdominal pain. Surgeons removed the forceps on Wednesday.
“We have removed the forceps but they caused some damage to her intestines,” said Shaukat Rajput, a doctor at the Liaquat Hospital.
“We will carry out another operation to do repair work. But she is doing well now and should be okay,” he said.
The 30-year-old woman lost her child during the caesarean at another private hospital 18 months ago.
The woman’s husband said he was planning legal action.
“We are planning to file a police report and want the doctor who left the forceps in her stomach held responsible,” the man, Riaz, who uses only one name, told Reuters.
There have been two similar cases in Pakistan this year. In March, a 30-year-old woman died after surgeons at a government hospital left a pair of forceps in her stomach.
