Compiled by ELISHA MARY EASTER, C.ARUNO and R.ARAVINTAN
A WOMAN in Tamil Nadu, India, was awarded 2.5 million rupees (RM141,000) in compensation after doctors removed her uterus without her consent and left a towel inside her after the surgery, Makkal Osai reported.
The unnamed woman apparently went in for surgery to remove a cyst in her uterus at a private hospital in Trichi.
When she continued to suffer from pain after the surgery, she underwent a scan at another hospital, where it was found that her uterus had been removed entirely and there was a surgical towel inside her.
The woman filed a case at the Madurai court asking for action against the hospital and compensation for her suffering.
It was not clear if the hospital faced further action by the authorities.
> The daily also reported that four pupils from Tadika Sinar Nilam in Rawang, Selangor, won gold medals at the World Young Inventors Exhibition 2024 event.
The six-year-old pupils were the youngest participants in the event, which saw nearly 700 inventions from 15 countries.
Sinar Nilam founder Saravanan Arumugam and head-teacher Sangeetha Kanniappan helped prepare them for the event.
They developed a new type of organic fertiliser using earthworms, which won them the gold medal.
The kindergarten plans to let the pupils continue taking part in such events, Sangeetha said.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.
