Giovanna Ippolito is living with a broken needle in her spine after it broke off during childbirth. An anesthesiologist then left the four centimetre-long fragment embedded in her back — and didn't tell her what happened. Contact Rosa and our Go Public teamShe says for years she's been living with pain in her shoulders and right leg. WATCH | A needle in her back: Medical needle left inside Ontario mother | Go Public Duration 2:09 An Ontario mother is fighting for answers more than two decades after a needle was left in her spine during childbirth. Ippolito believes the broken needle was left in her spine during the 2004 birth of her daughter, pictured here, or her son's birth in 2002.

Source: CBC News June 10, 2024 15:51 UTC