New Delhi, Aug 26 - A pair of scissors was left in a women's abdomen at an Orissa hospital during a surgery. Six years later after a lot of pain and expenses, she has finally got some relief from the state government on the orders of the human rights watchdog.

According to an official of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Binapani Khatua was operated upon while delivering her first child in 2003 in Cuttack in Orissa. However, the baby died four days after.

'After that the woman complained of severe stomach pain but the doctors in the hospital put her on medication without examining her. Four years after the continuing pain, she had to undergo two more surgeries - one to remove her uterus and second to remove a pair of surgical scissors which an X-ray showed was lodged in her belly,' the NHRC official said.

'The couple spent a lot of money on the treatment leading them to a stage of bankruptcy. Keeping the woman's woes in mind, the commission asked the state government to pay her a monetary relief of Rs.500,000 as well as take action against the erring doctors,' the official added.

The Orissa government, while complying with the recommendation, compensated the woman Aug 24 this year.