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Needle Left Inside Thai Woman During Childbirth Sparks Public Backlash

An 18-year-old medical oversight has left a Thai woman in enduring pain after a suture needle was accidentally left inside her body during childbirth. The now 36-year-old from Narathiwat province revealed her ordeal to the Pavena Foundation for Children and Women, a non-profit assisting abuse victims. The woman shared that, during labor, hospital staff mistakenly dropped a needle in her…