Krait bite, dying, innocent, medical, college, hospital,
Manvik Chauhan, 3-year-old son of Tuleshwar Chauhan, a resident of Aurada village of Kharsia block of Raigarh, was bitten by a poisonous krait snake on the finger of his right hand while he was sleeping at home at around 5 am. The family took the child to Civil Hospital Kharsia. There, the doctors gave first aid and referred the child to Sant Baba Guru Ghasidas Ji Smriti Sha. Chikitsalaya Raigarh for better treatment. The child was admitted in a very critical condition in the emergency department of Sant Baba Guru Ghasidas Ji Smriti Sha. Chikitsalaya Raigarh at around 8 am. The snake poison had spread in the child’s body, both the eyelids of the child had become paralyzed, he was having difficulty in breathing, foam was coming out of his mouth, the child’s hands and feet had become cold and the pulse was also becoming weak. The child was given immediate treatment in the emergency department by the doctors present on emergency duty in the pediatrics and paediatrics department. The child was put on a breathing tube and put on an artificial oxygen machine (ventilator). Thereafter, the child was shifted to the pediatric ICU ward by the emergency team of doctors. During the treatment of the child, he was given anti-snake venom, inotrope, appropriate antibiotic and was kept on ventilator.
In view of the critical condition, the child was kept under special supervision of Dr. L.K. Soni, Head of the Department of Pediatrics and Pediatrics, Dr. Gaurav Claudius (Assistant Professor), Dr. Anshul Vikram Srivastava (SR), Dr. Dushyant Kumar Sidar (JR), Dr. Megha Patel (JR), Dr. Leena Pankra (JR), Dr. Ashish Motwani (JR) and Dr. Shalini Minj (JR) and staff nurses, where the child’s health started improving due to the tireless efforts of the doctors and staff nurses. After the effect of snake venom in the child’s body reduced, the child was taken off the ventilator after 3 days. After coming out of the ventilator, the child’s health improved rapidly. After a week of intensive treatment, the child’s health improved completely and he was discharged from the hospital.
It is very heartbreaking for any parent to see their child fighting between life and death. Little Manavik is the only child of his parents. His condition had become so bad due to the bite of the krait that he was not fully conscious for the first 40 to 42 hours. But with the availability of all the necessary facilities along with a team of specialist doctors in the medical college, his better treatment was possible. Father Tuleshwar Chauhan says that due to the efforts of the doctors, his child’s smile returned.
