Artery forceps left in abdomen after surgery

 The patient admitted  to the hospital  on account of splenic abscess  with septicaemia . he had undergone surgery . the patient  had developed  some trouble and expried  after  15  days of the operation . he was cermated in his native village . a pair of scissors utilised by surgeon were collected fro the last remains of the deceased by the relatives of the deceased . it is alleged that the patient died, because  the scissors remained in the abdomen of the patient even after the surgery. 

The Director of the hospital made the averments thet the instrument found in the  abdomen was "forceps ",not "scissors "it is  admitted on behalf  of the hospital that "artery forceps" and "sponges" used to stop  bleeding from the splenic bed during operation , were left inside the abdomen and the abdomen  was closed  in order  to avoid the fourth cardiac  arrest of the patient  , as the patient sufferd from  three cardiac  arrests and revived each time during  the operation .the state commission , chandigarh  held the hospital negligent in conducting the operation of the patient .(nihal kaur v.Director , post Gradute institude of medical sciences and research (chandigarh) .,3(1996) CPJ 112