Alleged Medical Negligence: A Patient Who Became Pregnant Despite Having Her Tubes Tied Files a Complaint

On Tuesday, a resident of Port-Louis filed a complaint for medical negligence at the police station of Dr. A.G. Jeetoo Hospital. She discovered on November 13 that she was 14 weeks pregnant, despite having consented to a tubal ligation—a method that is supposed to prevent pregnancy—just months earlier, shortly after giving birth. On the same day, the woman in her thirties had gone to the hospital because she was feeling unwell. It was during the examination that...