The life of a critically ill newborn girl was saved by the efforts of doctors at the Aastha Mother and Childcare Hospital here recently.
According to sources, Ranthu Ekka and his wife Sanjeeta Baxla reside at Lathikata in Sundargarh district. Ranthu works in a petrol pump. Sanjeeta gave birth to a girl child in the Rourkela Government Hospital on June 21, 2019. The child weighing 2.2 kg started vomiting soon after vomiting. She was referred to another hospital in Rourkela where she was diagnosed with Duodenal Atresia – blockage of the upper intestines.
The baby was admitted to the Aastha Mother and Childcare Hospital here on June 24. By this time, the baby’s came down to 1.6 kg.
In view of her critical condition, paediatric surgeon Dr Jainendra Kumar was called from Ranchi. Dr Kumar with help of other surgeons conducted a critical surgery on the baby through June 26 night under anaesthesia given by Dr Arpit Agarwal.
The baby recovered fully days and was discharged on the 17 day from the hospital. The hospital and doctors also gave significant discounts to help the family financially.
"We are very happy that our child is fine now,” said child’s father Ranthu.