Amravati: Six-month-old Rakesh Rama Kasdekar is breathing a new life after being down with what medicos call ‘pleural effusion’.
Thanks to the timely operation performed successfully by the doctors of the health department at district general hospital here, Rakesh is now breathing normally. Rakesh, a resident of tribal village Tembru in Chikhaldara tehsil of the district, had difficulty breathing on January 14. His parents were reluctant to take him to hospital.
When health worker Smita Raut and Asha worker Sunita Kasdekar came to know about Rakesh’s condition, they counselled the parents and took the kid to Dr Sagar Kogade, who referred him to rural hospital, Churni where Dr Daraswar referred him to district general hospital here. All referral services were made available to the family.
At district hospital, paediatricians checked his health and started treatment. Pleural effusion in chest was diagnosed. Despite giving all types of antibiotics, the infant’s health did not improve but deteriorated further. Civil surgeon (CS) Dr Shyam Sunder Nikam and additional CS Dr Fetish Humane were called and it was decided to operate upon the kid in their presence.
A special plastic tube was inserted in the infant’s pleural space and the pus was taken out. Dr Santosh Raut performed this task, while Dr Nagalkar took care of the treatment. The end result was improvement in Rakesh’s health, who is now breathing normally.
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