Needle
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Bengaluru: Woman awarded Rs 5 lakh compensation, 20 years after needle left in body
Karnataka | Jul 22, 2024, 05:21 PM ISTThe commission directed the hospital and two doctors to pay Rs 50,000 in litigation expenses, while New India Assurance Co Ltd was ordered to pay Rs 5 lakh for "professional and medical negligence." The needle was discovered and removed in 2010, leading to the compensation claim.
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Telangana: Doctors find 11 needles inside 3-year-old's back, private parts
Crime | Mar 05, 2020, 07:52 AM ISTIn a spine chilling incident, doctors found around 11 needles inside the body of a toddler in Wanaparthy district. A three-year-old boy, who was unwell for the last six months, was taken to hospital by his parents after spotting a needle poking out of his back.
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Man beaten, needles inserted into his body on suspicion of being a thief
India | Aug 29, 2017, 04:10 PM ISTA man was badly beaten up by a mob and needles were inserted into his body on the suspicion that he had stolen things from a shop at Joynagar in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal.
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Story of Badrilal, a 56-year-old man, who accidentally ate 150 pins and needles
Lifestyle | Jul 08, 2017, 11:37 AM ISTBadrilal didn't know about the presence of needles in his body until he found it difficult to walk and sit
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Unsafe needle practices main cause of Hepatitis C, warn doctors
Lifestyle | Aug 01, 2016, 11:13 AM ISTNot making proper use of injections such as reusing it, incorrect disposal and poor sterilisation of syringes are increasingly contributing to Hepatitis-C Virus infection in India, claim doctors. This deadly disease, that does
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Blood tests may soon go digital, no longer require needle pricks
Lifestyle | Apr 14, 2016, 08:42 PM ISTLucknow: Blood tests are usually frowned upon by many as they involve a man going through a painful ordeal of the pin prick. Perhaps, it is one phobia that cuts across age, caste, community and