INDIA: Doctor removed remains of dead baby from mothers body for over 35 years
Indian
woman is thought to have had the world’s longest ectopic pregnancy
after she became pregnant at the age of 24 and whose baby’s remains were
discovered in her abdomen 36 years laterlongest ectopic pregnancy as she became pregnant in 1978 and whose baby’s remains were removed from her body 36 years later. When the expectant mother heard that a foetus was growing outside of her womb and the operation needed she fled and sought treatment at a small clinic.
Months later when the pain subsided, Ms Thakre was convinced the problem had been treated. But when she turned 60 years, the woman started to experience constant pain in her abdomen. After being examined by doctors in a local hospita a mass made of hard, calcified matter was discovered.