Kidney missing after surgery to remove stone

In a shocking news which could make every patient hesitant to undergo any surgery, kidney of a woman was found missing after she underwent a surgery for removing stone (calculus) at the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS), Porompat, Imphal.

The matter came to light when a JAC against the wrongful operation of Achoubi told a group of media persons in a press meet held at Manipur Press Club, Majorkhul Imphal today.

Secretary of the JAC, Haji Arafat Ali told reporters that the victim Achoubi (52) wife of late Atarali of Minuthong Hatta went to the hospitals on October 3 after she developed pain in her back and checked herself in the OPD where she was attended by Dr Prafullo.

The doctor told her to conduct an ultrasound test to confirm the reason of her pain and she accordingly took the test on the next day at the Aadarsh Laboratoty clinic.

After seeing the USG result on October 5, the doctor told her that she had developed some stones (calculus) in her kidney and a surgery is needed to remove the stone.

Thereafter the doctor referred her to the Surgery Ward of the hospitals.

After she went to the ward, Professor K Mani and Dr Robindro told her to get admitted the same day itself which she did.

After spending some days in the ward, her surgery was conducted on October 11 by Prof K Mani and Dr Robindro which took about four hours.

After the surgery, the doctors told the patient party that they could not find both the stone and kidney in Achoubi's body.

When the patient party enquired about the matter, the doctors told them several possibilities and asked them to keep quiet and offered them to return the amount spend for the surgery.

However after a week, hospital authorities refused to give back the said amount and told them that the doctors were not found guilty in the process of the surgery.

Later on November 5, they were discharged and forced to leave the hospital.

Arafat Ali further told reporters that the surgery was the first ever surgery being conducted on Achoubi in her entire life.

It is a clear matter of negligence and cheating the innocent people by the doctors, he alleged.

He appealed to the concern authority to find the truth and punish the culprits.

A memorandum regarding the incident and their demand was also submitted today to the Chief Minister, Governor of Manipur, DGP by the JAC.