Gulab Prasad
,a gentleman of around thirty years was pushed into the
casualty,dehydrated,acidotic a known diabetic(IDDM off insulin for a week) in
the raging heat of this year’s April.The GRBS was 540mg%.His gasses were
haywire with a PH of 7.1 and bicarbonate was 4.2 with a base deficit of
19.8.Thankfully the lactate levels were normal and there was no feature of
infection otherwise so probably non-compliance was the reason.He responded
beautifully to the ketoacidosis treatment .The day he was to go home his wife
pushed a couple of hundred rupees notes towards me to pay for the services
rendered to her husband.In short there was no money to pay the bills.
Everything
was stacked against this family.The breadwinner of the family had this
debilitating disease which would milk them of what little they would earn.They
had tided over this emergency,thanks to the providence of the generous friends
from DVN ,our sincere staffs but most importantly the grace of God which alone
has made it possible.
May the Lord
give us the grace to release these services the Lord has given us freely to be
used for His glory beyond our limited human control ,intellect and
calculations.
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