Sanibai was rushed in to the OPD with a history of leaking
PV with six months of Amenorrhoea.They had been reffered to Seoni by the
government hospital in Lakhnadon. In dire strait of emergency they had thought
of the mission as a last resort.She was losing a lot of fluid PV but the foetus
was recording a strong heart beat.We resorted to treat her conservatively and
wait.
They already had three children and the husband, a
stammering gentleman was acutely concerned about his wife’s health and kept insisting
we abort the baby.We were treating her with antibiotics and hoping somehow the
leak would seal off.
They have an acre of land in the village where they earn
around ten thousand rupees annually so to supplement for it they work as
migrant labourers in the towns where they earn around r7upees 150 per day but in
the village they only earn Rs 100 per day.
We were in a real delimna.We sent the patient for an
ultrasound and the ultrasound showed a viable foetus of 1.5 Kgs.However they
were in no mood to keep the baby so we struck a deal with them .We told them
that we would operate and take out the baby,do a tubectomy for her
and nurse the baby till the baby started breastfeeding but they would have to
stick around till the baby was out of our care and take the baby home with them
and that we would not charge them anything for the services rendered.They
agreed.
We operated and took out a 1.6 k
g beautiful baby boy,small but active crying lustily,did her tubectomy and then when we showed the baby to the relatives they looked excited .They were willing to take the baby to Seoni to keep him in an incubator.We arranged for transport.
g beautiful baby boy,small but active crying lustily,did her tubectomy and then when we showed the baby to the relatives they looked excited .They were willing to take the baby to Seoni to keep him in an incubator.We arranged for transport.
Today we discharged the patient and have asked her to come
back on the 11th of March for stitch removal and if possible with
the baby.
We could do this boldly because we have some funds kept
aside for poor patients.
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