Another young mother left with gauze in abdomen after C-Section

By Rehanna Ramsay

Days after an Essequibo woman came forward recounting a harrowing story abouthavingtoenduresevere pain due to a pack of gauze being left in her uterus for two months during a Caesarian 'C' section operation done at the Suddie Public Hospital in Region

Two, another woman has come forward with an almost identical story the only thingishersisworse.

Sarah Campbell, a 24year-old woman from D e v o n s h i r e C a s t l e , Essequibo Coast said that gauze was left in her for six months after an emergency C-Section done. The woman told Kaieteur News that the gauze was removed, leaving her with a hole in her intestines,thatleaksfaeces.

Campbell said she was admitted to the maternity ward at the Suddie Public Hospital on June 24, 2022, due to high pressure. On June, 25, 2022, she said that she was supposed to go into labour but was experiencing difficulty

She told Kaieteur News that the medical staff tried to induce labour but after a failed attempt, they recommendedaC-Section.

Not thinking too much of it, the young mother said she signed the consent form for the operation. She explained, “a doctor told me they don't want to risk baby life anymore so I would have to do an emergency C-Section which I consented to because Iwantmybabytobeok”.

However after the operation, the mother continued to experience severepainanddiscomfortin her lower abdomen. She said that as a first time mom, “I believed that it was because of the C-Section”. But the pain worsened and her stomachstartedtoswell.This prompted the young mother to visit the Windsor Castle Health Centre to seek answers. “I tell the doctor what's happening to me and she examine the abdomen and she say it's not normal and it shouldn't be swollen and she tell me to do an ultrasound...I went at the Suddie Public Hospital whereIdidanultrasoundand the doctor say it's a mass there…Stilltheyweren'tsure what it was. They give me pain tablets and I was sent home...,”Campbellsaid.

As the pain intensified, Campbell said that she returnedtothehospitalwhere more ultrasound tests were

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