Surgeons leave forceps in hysterectomy patient

A woman in south-eastern Thailand is returning to the hospital where her uterus was taken out nearly six years ago for surgery to remove the forceps that doctors left behind.

Lamphan Yinsuth, 46, has had stomach pains since her hysterectomy at Chanthaburi province’s Prapoklao Hospital in November 1997. X-rays in April revealed that the pains were caused by the 6x29cm forceps lodged in her abdomen.