Levy Mwanawasa Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia has been dragged to court by a patient who was left with a surgical bandage (Gossypiboma) embedded within her abdomen during a c-section in January 2023.
The complainant in this matter,
Idah Lungu is seeking among other claims an amount of K1. 4 million as special
damages.
Ms. Lungu in her statement of
claim says on January 03, 2023, she had a full-term pregnancy and was admitted
to Levy Mwanawasa Hospital where she was
booked for Caesarean Section procedure for the delivery of her baby.
She further says six months
after being discharged from the hospital in June 2023, she began to experience
severely excruciating abdominal pains and was treated for gastritis at a local
private clinic where treatment appeared to ease the pain.
The complainant further says in
October 2023, she developed severe diarrhoea, vomiting and abdominal pains and
was subsequently treated for typhoid at a private clinic but despite the
treatment of the said typhoid, her condition continued to deteriorate causing
her to experience regular syncopes and numbness in the legs which resulted in
her having difficulties in walking.
Ms. Lungu, however, says on
December 3, 2023, she underwent surgery at Mina Soko Military Hospital whose
personnel found an abdominal pack consisting of surgical bandage (gossypiboma)
embedded within the plaintiff’s abdomen which had negligently been left in her
abdomen during the c-section conducted by Levy Mwanawasa Hospital in January of
2023.
She says the hospital then
proceeded to extract the said abdominal pack from the plaintiff’s abdomen and
sutured her abdomen thereafter.
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