Doctor leaves foreign object in woman after surgery

Jul 13, 2018 News

…action triggers lawsuit

A multimillion-dollar lawsuit has been filed against GPHC for negligence, among other claims

A woman has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), claiming that foreign objects were left in her during a 2016 surgery.

Kim Nichols is seeking damages in excess of $10,000,000 for negligence, $10,000,000 for the personal injuries, pain and suffering, anguish, loss and damage caused by the negligence of the hospital, interest and legal costs.

According to court documents filed by Attorneys-at-Law Priya Manickchand and Jaya Manickchand in the High Court, Nichols underwent surgery on or around March 31st 2016, at GPHC.

The woman claims to have communicated to hospital officials her great discomfort on or around April 13th 2016 and was advised that she was well enough to be discharged.

Based on the particulars of the claim, Nichols suffered non-stop excessive pain and discomfort and again visited the Hospital later in April where she was admitted to the Hospital and treated.

According to court filings, months later Nichols continued to complain of severe pain, discomfort and suffering.

“From the date of her surgery on the 31st of March, the Claimant was in continuous, excruciating pain and suffered physically, emotionally and mentally,” court documents state.

She was admitted to the hospital two more times in December 2016.

Her attorneys claim that during a visit in December, hospital doctors discovered that during her surgery or subsequent treatment, the hospital negligently left foreign objects in the woman’s body.

According to the attorneys, ‘it was those foreign objects and their rot and consequential inflammation that caused her the aforesaid pain and suffering’.

Based on the court documents, hospital officials operated on Nichols on December 25, 2016 and removed the foreign objects as well as parts of her body which had become rotten. She was discharged two days later.

Lawyers claim that GPHC failed to take adequate or any precaution during the treatment to avoid leaving foreign objects and causing injury to the woman.

Further, the attorneys stated that GPHC failed to ensure the attendance of competent and adequate staff to attend to the treatment of Nichols so as to avoid leaving the foreign objects in her body.

The court documents also stated that the hospital failed to determine prior to her first discharge, that Nichols was not well enough for discharge and that they also failed to earlier diagnose their negligence or error of leaving foreign objects in her body.

Hospital officials, according to court filings, also failed to treat with the issue of leaving the foreign objects in the woman’s body, in a timely manner.

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