A 65-year-old woman had what she described as a “painful and bloody experience” when what should have been a simple procedure of removing an intrauterine device (IUD) at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) went horribly wrong after the doctor was forced to abandon the procedure because the hospital did not have the instrument needed to remove the device.
The woman, who requested anonymity, in an interview with the Stabroek News said that April 17 is a day she wants removed from her memory but she keeps recalling the seconds after waking up bloodied and in pain and being told that the procedure was not complete.
In the end she was forced to visit a private hospital and pay the enormous sum of $150,000 to have the procedure done.
Efforts to get a comment from the GPH proved futile.
An IUD is a form of birth control that involves a small device being inserted in the uterus.
The woman said she was anxious to remove the IUD because she was experiencing bleeding and serious back pain.
