Woman With Maggots in Her Vagina Finally Speaks Out
Recall the report about a lady who had maggots removed from her vagina by
doctors
that went viral on the internet yesterday.
The story spread was that the lady had unprotected sex and caught an STD called
the ‘sex superbug’ which had caused the growth of live maggots in her vagina
which had to be removed.
Another story has emerged which says lady in the video was infected with maggots after childbirth at a government hospital in India .
The infection was as a result of gross medical negligence of the doctors and nurses who performed the delivery after the gauze used to stop bleeding after delivery was left inside the woman by doctors.
Another story has emerged which says lady in the video was infected with maggots after childbirth at a government hospital in India .
The infection was as a result of gross medical negligence of the doctors and nurses who performed the delivery after the gauze used to stop bleeding after delivery was left inside the woman by doctors.
The victim, 22-year-old, Reshma Kumar (name changed), 10
days after giving birth to a baby at a government hospital, found
flesh eating maggots crawling down her legs.Alarmed at her shocking physical
state, Reshma’s husband, Shamlal (name changed), immediately took her to a
hospital in Hadapsar.
After examining her, the doctor revealed that a large wad of gauze, used to
stop bleeding, had been left inside her vagina after giving birth.And the
gauze caused a serious infection, resulting in maggot infestation.
According to
Times of India:
The gauze should be removed immediately after the bleeding stops.It is a
fact that gauze invariably gets infected if it is kept for a long time,since
it is a foreign body, said Dr Manda Ghorpade,head of
the gynecology
department in Sane Guruji Arogya Kendra in Hadapsar,where Reshma was
treated.
Residents of Mundhwa,Reshma and Shamlal ,who works as a cleaner at
a housekeeping company,hail from Bhadrak district in Orissa and
moved to Pune two years ago.
“It was very painful.Initially,we thought it was normal to feel sore,but
when I saw maggots,we were alarmed and went to the doctor straight
away.The reason we did not file a complaint of medical negligence is
because we are from a different state and I don’t even know any language
other than Oriya.My husband does not have enough time and resources to fight
the case, said Reshma”.
Any delay would have made the wound even worse and there were high chances
of her contracting septicemia.We immediately removed the gauze
swab and put turpentine for clear the wound of maggots,and later applied
ointments.We put her on antibiotics,so that the infection gets healed
quickly.It was so painful,that she was not even allowing us to touch her,
added Dr Ghorpade.
Dr Shubhada Deoskar, a city based gynecologist,was shocked at the medical
negligence on display.It is sad that such a thing has happened.Such
a mistake is totally unacceptable.Gauze pack is one of the methods
used to stop bleeding after delivery.Whenever such a pack is used,we always
make a note that it has to be removed after certain period of time.When we
go on the rounds,the first question we ask the resident doctors is
whether the pack is removed, she said.
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