After spending several days in intensive care, an eight-year-old girl from Manachanallur, Sanjana, who was bitten by a snake, has been rescued by a medical team at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital, Tiruchi.
The girl was initially admitted to the Government Hospital in Manachanallur on March 22 and then shifted to the Government Hospital in Tiruchi after her parents misinterpreted her symptoms for an adverse reaction to the albendazole tablet given at the school. was done. Based on the symptoms shown by the girl, the pediatricians of the hospital confirmed that it was a bite of a common krait snake. Although there was no snake bite mark on her body, the girl was bitten while she was sleeping outside the house.
The hospital’s pediatric ICU in-charge GS Vairamuthu said the parents had brought the girl to the hospital in a critical condition. “The girl was unconscious, her heartbeat was slow. He was apparently bitten by a krait whose venom is neurotoxic, meaning the nervous system is affected,” said the doctor.
He was put on ventilator support as the poison in his bloodstream began to damage his nervous system. “We immediately gave her 20 vials of antivenom, as we were sure she had suffered a neurotoxic snake bite based on her clinical features,” he explained. Hindu,
After accurate diagnosis and life-saving efforts by the Pediatric Intensive Care team, the girl, who was studying in Class III, was discharged on April 1. Dean K. Vanitha appreciated the prompt response of the team.
The girl was under constant observation in the ICU for 11 days and special treatment, which would cost more than ₹3.50 lakh in a private hospital, was provided free of cost under the Mukhyamantri Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme, the doctors said.