Eluru Collector V. Prasanna Venkatesh ordered an inquiry into a case of alleged medical negligence in which the doctors reportedly left surgical equipment in the abdomen of a patient during a surgery performed at the Eluru Government General Hospital (GGH).
According to sources, a C-section procedure was performed on G. Swapna, hailing from S. Kothapalli village in Pedapadu mandal, at the Eluru GGH on April 19.
After her discharge from the hospital, she complained of abdominal pain several times and took some medicines after consulting the doctors.