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  Bengaluru: Woman awarded Rs 5 lakh compensation, 20 years after needle left in body

  Karnataka | July 22, 2024 17:21 IST

  The 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 | March 05, 2020 7:52 IST

  In 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 | August 29, 2017 16:10 IST

  A 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 | July 08, 2017 11:37 IST

  Badrilal 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 | August 01, 2016 11:13 IST

  Not 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 | April 14, 2016 20:42 IST

  Lucknow: 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