Ramanathapuram (Tamil Nadu): A nurse, working at a government hospital in Tamil Nadu’s Ramanathapuram district was fired on Thursday after she left a suture needle inside a 21-year-old woman’s private parts.

A report in the Hindustan Times said that the woman, identified as K Ramya was admitted at the Upgraded Primary Health Centre (UPHC) in Uchipulli town for her delivery on Tuesday. Her husband S Kartikeyan said that Ramya gave birth to a baby girl in a normal delivery that was conducted by an assistant surgeon N Yasin and Nurse Anbu Selvi. However, after the delivery and her episiotomy, Ramya felt severe pain and bleeding from her vagina.