Patient gets Hepatitis C virus
during dialysis
The Columbia Asia Referral
Hospital in Yeshwanthpur, Bangalore, is facing a probe by the department of
health and family welfare over alleged negligence towards a patient undergoing
dialysis.
The patient, Beerappa Methre, a
28-year-old mechanical engineer based in Pune, has alleged in his complaint
that he got infected with Hepatitis C virus during treatment.
The assistant director of health
and family welfare has sent a letter directing the district health officer,
Bangalore Urban, to conduct an inquiry and submit a report. Confirming the
inquiry, BK Eshwarappa, assistant director, health and family welfare
department, said that health minister Aravind Limbavali had directed the
department to look into Methre’s complaint.
Methre had come to the hospital
in February for dialysis, as he was suffering from a renal problem. Before
admitting him, the hospital had referred his blood samples to Reliance Life
Sciences, Mumbai for testing. In the results HCV RNA PCR were not detected.
The hospital conducted dialysis for
a few months. When he again got his blood tested on August 8 at Ananya
Hospital, he was shocked to know that he had tested positive for Hepatitis C
virus. “Later I got tested at Religare SRL Diagnostics and Anand Diagnostic
Laboratory. Both the tests confirmed presence of Hepatitis C virus. The HCV
Viral load was 5,43,000. After coming to know about my health condition, my
mother died. I have lost my health and mother. I spent a few lakhs of rupees
for the treatment and dialysis. Now I have no money even to pay for dialysis,”
Methre told DNA.
Source: www.dnaindia.com
08.10.2012
Ailment more deadly
than AIDS, cancer: Doctors
Thirty-six
people die every hour in India of sepsis, a disease that kills more people than
cancer and AIDS put together. Yet it is one of least known diseases not just
among the general public but medical professionals as well.
Sepsis
is a serious medical condition caused by the body’s response to a bacterial
infection and in this state the body is fighting a severe infection that has
spread via the bloodstream. It can lead to complications affecting multiple
organs and even cause death.
“Sepsis
is a serious infection usually caused by bacteria, which can originate in many
body parts, such as the lungs, intestines, urinary tract, or skin that make
toxins that cause the immune system to attack the body’s own organs and
tissues. If not recognised early, body’s response to infection can damage its
own tissues. It is sad that though it is one of the leading killers, especially
of people with compromised immunity, it is one of the least understood
diseases,” said Dr PK Joshi, director of Niramaya Hospital and president of
Pune chapter of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM). One of the
most common reasons to develop sepsis is hospital-based infections.
“People
admitted to healthcare set-ups are already suffering from some infection and
hence immuno-compromised. Also we see that antibiotics are rampantly used by
doctors and combinations of antibiotics are used even in simple infections.
There should hence be a hospital policy on use of antibiotics,” said Dr Ramesh
Ranka, owner and chief orthopaedic surgeon at Ranka Hospital.
A
common misconception is that sepsis is blood poisoning and usually happens due
to open wounds etc. “A patient suffering from a viral infection can develop
sepsis and even a cancer patient suffer from secondary infection and develop sepsis,”
said Prayag Hospital director Dr Shirish Prayag.
Source: www.dnaindia.com
08.10.2012
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