Aloysius Cornelius Susek, who represented Bushra Abd Razak, said a consent judgment was recorded before Sessions Court Judge Azian Othman to bring the suit to a finality.

“The damages are paid but with no admission of liability on the part of the defendant,” he told FMT.

Aloysius said the court also did not award costs and interest on the compensation.

Bushra had named the government, Ampang Hospital and two doctors as defendants.

In her statement of claim filed in July, the 29-year-old said she was admitted to the hospital on Jan 8, 2020 for contraction pains and reduced foetal movement when having her second childbirth.

Bushra said after eight hours, the doctors decided that the delivery would be done by way of a Caesarean section on Jan 9.

She was discharged from the hospital two days later. Bushra said she began to feel severe pain in her abdomen two days after she was discharged.

It became more significant on her left abdomen, especially when moving or changing body positions which caused her to vomit frequently.

Despite feeling something was terribly wrong, she was informed by one of the doctors on Jan 21 that what she was experiencing was normal after a Caesarean surgery.

As the severe pain persisted, she went for a second opinion at a private hospital where an X-ray showed that a pair of surgical artery forceps had been left behind in her abdomen.

Bushra said she had to undergo another emergency surgery at the government hospital to remove the forceps while she was still recovering from the first surgery.

The plaintiff filed for damages amounting to about RM105,000 for physical pain and mental trauma.