A minor girl of Ganjam district, who had sustained critical burn injuries following a fire mishap in 2019, is set to begin a new life as she is making a speedy recovery following a successful surgery at the SCB Medical College Hospital here.
Puja Sethi (14), a native of Badakholi village under Aska block, was recently operated upon by a team of surgeons headed by Dr Bibhuti Bhushan Nayak in the burn unit of the Surgery Department of the hospital.
As per information, the girl had fallen prey to a fire mishap which had severely disfigured her face. She was rushed to a hospital in Aska and then shifted to the MKCG Medical College Hospital in Brahmapur.
But the doctors there referred her to the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack. After undergoing treatment for around five months, when she did not show any improvement, her family took her back home.
But when her condition deteriorated and she could not take food, her desperate family members rushed the minor to the SCB Hospital again on February 18, 2020.
Considering Puja’s delicate medical condition, doctors did not go for an immediate surgery. She was kept under observation and fed with a feeding tube till her conditions improved. Later, Puja underwent the surgery in which the skin of her chest was grafted in the face.
Currently, the minor is showing great improvement and can eat properly without any difficulty, said Dr Nayak.