Sharon Birks, 42, from Derbyshire in the United Kingdom had an operation to remove her uterus. Three days after the surgery she discovered that the surgeons had left a glove inside her. An investigation was carried out by the Royal Derby Hospital after this incident, and it turned out that the glove had been left by one of the registrars who used the glove as part of the surgical procedure. According to Daily Mail, she had learned about this technique in India, and she also watched a DVD about this.

According to the report, the registrar did not tell anyone about the glove she had inserted in the woman’s abdomen, so everyone forgot about it by the end of the operation.

Soon after the operation, Sharon Birks suffered from bad stomach ache and then discovered the glove when she went to the toilet.

"It was horrible - when I went to the toilet, I just remember having this feeling something had dropped in my stomach. Then I felt something rubbery and, the next thing I know, I’m pulling out this great big surgeon’s glove - and there’s this blood gushing everywhere,” Sharon Birks said.

“I’m glad I was still in hospital when it happened but I just keep thinking: “What gave her the right to do this?”” she added.

Now after the glove was removed Sharon Birks feels much better, and they say “no adverse health outcomes” were expected as a result of her experience. As for the registrar who had left the glove in her body, there’s no info if she is still working for the hospital.