S Prajapati, a 57-year-old woman from Garpose in Sundargarh district got a new lease of life after undergoing a prolong treatment of over 50 days at the Ispat General Hospital (IGH) here, thanks to the efforts of the doctors, nurses and paramedical workers of the hospital.
The woman, a veggie vendor, had sustained severe injuries when a brick wall fell on her. She was rushed to IGH and immediately admitted in the ICU.
Besides, receiving multiple fractures on her body, the woman had also developed a life threatening condition when she faced difficulty in breathing due to acute lung injury. She was intubated and ventilated as her oxygen saturation decreased.
The victim was on mechanical ventilation for 34 days. When her general and lung condition improved, a surgery was carried out by orthopaedic surgeons for over five hours.
later, she was again ventilated for two days more, following which she finally recovered from her illness.
In another case, the doctors at the IGH also saved the life of a seven-year-old child, who had swallowed a `1 coin which had been stuck in the lower end of his food pipe and later slipped into his stomach. Significantly, this is for the first time that the hospital has successfully carried out such treatment procedures.