Doctor removed healthy ovary, kept infected one.

From: Times of India (New Delhi, India) | Date: February 10, 2005 | Copyright information

Byline: Roli Srivatsava

Feb. 10--HYDERABAD, India -- Consumer activist N Ganesam recently received a complaint from a couple who accused a gynaecologist of medical negligence. The couple alleged that the doctor had removed a healthy ovary from the wife, leaving the infected one behind.

While the couple had all the documents (reports of tests conducted before and after surgery) to support their claim, they hit a major stumbling block: no doctor was willing to c...

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