An Egyptian girl nearly died of suffocation due to the mistake of a doctor who left a piece of gauze in her nose after surgery.
The city of Suez, in eastern Egypt, witnessed the painful accident, where a girl of no more than 6 was subjected to a catastrophic medical error that almost paid for her life.
The details revealed that the girl entered a private hospital to perform an operation to remove the excess adenoids in her nose and remove the tonsils.In fact, the surgery was performed by the doctor, but the girl was discharged in deteriorated health conditions, according to a report submitted by his father to the Suez Police Department.
The report of the father, no. 2711 of 2022, accused the doctor and the hospital administration of negligence, stating that the two parties had informed him in response to the worsening of his daughter’s condition which was normal and foreseeable after the surgery she had undergone, and will improve in the next few hours, which did not happen, but it got worse.
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The father also added in his communication that his daughter had difficulty eating food and medicine until she fell ill, and when she was transferred to another hospital, doctors were surprised by the presence of a piece of gauze in the. nose and throat, and immediately pulled it out to find that its length reached 30 cm.
The report revealed that the family contacted the doctor, who apologized for the mistake and confirmed it was not expected, but the family did not accept the apology and decided to file a complaint with the prosecution to investigate. accident.
