A 14-year-old boy from North Delhi after having a tiff with his parents decided to end his life by drinking a mosquito repellent refill kept in his room. Doctors at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital struggled for more than 60-hours to save the boy. This unique survival case study has been published in the April 30{+t}{+h}edition of the reputed Journal of Clinical Toxicology.
According to Dr. Anil Sachdev, director Paediatric Emergency, Critical Care and Pulmonology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital: “When we received the child in our casualty he was in a critical shape and his haemoglobin level was dangerously low at 3.6 (normal 13+).”
“The liver was affected with jaundice and kidneys were at high risk of failure. Oxygen supply to vital organs was getting reduced and there was a very high risk of irreversible damage to his organs,” said the physician.
After the set protocol treatment failed, doctors decided to perform urgent plasma exchange.
“This is a procedure involving the separation and removal of the plasma from the blood in order to remove a disease substance circulating in the plasma. The red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets are returned to the patient, along with a prescribed replacement fluid,” said Dr. Sachdev.
Physicians here added that even though evidence for plasma exchange in literature is limited they decided to give the therapy to the patient.
“After the plasma exchange the patient started improving and was shifted to ward after 60 hours of struggle in ICU. He was discharged from hospital in stable condition after six days of stay in the hospital,” added doctors at the hospital.
The 14-year-old boy from North Delhi decided to end his life after having a tiff with his parents. He drank mosquito repellent and doctors at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital had to struggle for more than 60-hours to save him
