Fatal surgery sparks malpractice probe in Iraq’s Dhi Qar
2026-09-17T06:51:23+00:00
Shafaq News- Dhi Qar
A woman in her 20s died during surgery to remove a fatty cyst near her kidney at Nasiriyah General Hospital in Iraq’s Dhi Qar province, a source told Shafaq News on Thursday.
Her family requested that a complaint be filed against the specialist doctor involved in the operation, while her body was transferred to the forensic medicine department to determine the circumstances surrounding her death.
A medical source at the hospital also told Shafaq News that the death resulted from “medical complications and multiple underlying conditions.”
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