Directions: Each question consists of legal propositions/principles and facts. These principles have to be applied to the given facts to arrive at the most reasonable conclusion. Principle: res ipsa loquitur le. The thing speaks for itself. Facts: Seema got herself operated for the removal of her uterus in the defendant's hospital - as there was diagnosed to be a cyst in one of her ovaries. Due to the negligence of the surgeon - who performed the operation - abdominal pack was left in her abdomen. The same was removed by a Second surgery.