by Tony Obi

The report of a lady who had maggots removed from her vagina by doctors went viral yesterday.

The story which spread was that the lady had unprotected sex and caught an STD called the ‘sex superbug’ which had caused the growth of live maggots in her vagina which had to be removed.

Another story has emerged which says lady in the video was infected with maggots after childbirth at a government hospital in India .

The infection was as a result of gross medical negligence of the doctors and nurses who performed the delivery after the gauze used to stop bleeding after delivery was left inside the woman by doctors.

The victim, 22-year-old, Reshma Kumar (name changed), 10 days after giving birth to a baby at a government hospital, found flesh eating maggots crawling down her legs.Alarmed at her shocking physical state, Reshma’s husband, Shamlal (name changed), immediately took her to a hospital in Hadapsar.

After examining her, the doctor revealed that a large wad of gauze, used to stop bleeding, had been left inside her vagina after giving birth.And the gauze caused a serious infection, resulting in maggot infestation.