Bengal hospital discovers uterus, ovary in man

Kolkata March 16 (IANS) An elderly man lodged a police complaint on Thursday after a private hospital report in West Bengal mentioned existence of uterus and ovary in the ultrasonogram (USG) report of his abdomen.

Sixty-three-year-old Narayan Chandra Sen a resident of Machlandpur in Howrah district was advised by a doctor to get an ultrasonography of whole abdomen to evaluate his fatty lever disease.

However Sen was at his wit s end when he got the report of the test done on March 10.

I got the USG done from the Barasat Cancer Research and Welfare Centre (Hospital). They gave me a wrong report. They send me the USG report of a female. The report referred to the presence of uterus and ovary said an exasperated Sen.

The hospital admitted its mistake saying it was a typing error.

I called the computer section people. It was a typing error. The patient is normal. He has no ailment. But in their hurry to type the report they (computer section staff) made the error said a hospital official.

He said the hospital would do a repeat test free of cost.

However Sen filed a complaint at the Barasat police station complaining of gross negligence on the part of the hospital.

--IANS
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