Hospital, 2 doctors to pay woman Rs 5 lakh for needle left in spine 20 yrs ago | India News – Times of India
BENGALURU: Karnataka’s consumer forum has ordered a Bengaluru hospital and two doctors to pay a woman over Rs 5 lakh as compensation for a botched 2004 surgery during which a 3.2cm surgical needle was left behind in her spine, reports Vindhya Pabolu.The needle had caused 46-year-old Padmavathi extreme abdominal pain, backache and trauma for over…