Bhubaneswar: Doctors at the government-run Sundargarh Medical College and Hospital in Odisha saved a 40-year-man from claws of death after successfully performing a surgical procedure on the patient whose intestine protruded out of abdomen through a wound.
The 40-year-old man sustained a stab injury with a knife on 16 July. He was rushed to Kinjirkela community health centre (CHC) under Sundargarh district for treatment. The doctors at CHC finding the man in critical condition referred him to Government Medical College and Hospital, Sundargarh. The patient also sustained intestine protruding out of the abdomen through the wound.
He was admitted in casualty of the MCH on July 17. After initial resuscitation in the casualty, the patient was shifted to ward for further management. On the same day, his operation was planned following medical investigations in the ward. Immediately a team of experts was constituted with Associate Professor Dr Rabinarayan Guru, Asst Professor Dr Dharbind Jha, Senior doctor Dr Abhijit and anthesis expert Dr Minakshi Pandey under the guidance of Professor P.K. Dalei and Additional Superintendent Dr Laxmidhar Padhy.
The surgical procedure was conducted for two hours on July 17 and the patient was revived from the critical clinical stage. Now, the patient is in the ward under intensive observation and care. His vital clinical parameters are stable, and his condition is showing positive improvements, said the hospital authorities.
Additional Superintendent Associate Prof Dr Padhy said, “With present rate of recovery, we hope to discharge the patient in about seven days, He will be called for a review after seven days of discharge, and we hope he can be back to normalcy in about fifteen days.”