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Ro's Note: The article below relates to Sassoon's response to a terrorist bombing at the German Bakery in the city. It also provides an update on the hospitals response to the H1N1 outbreak.
Sassoon Hospital doctors in line of duty, over 40 of them work through night Anuradha Mascarenhas
Posted: Monday , Feb 15, 2010 at 0554 hrs
Over 40 doctors of Sassoon General Hospital had gathered in half an hour on Saturday night to treat those injured in the German Bakery blast. And their efforts had lasted the whole night, a fact commended by Union Home Minister P Chidambaram himself during his visit to the hospital on Sunday.
The Saturday night operation was yet another example of how this government hospital, with just five ambulances sans any sophisticated trauma care equipment, continues to save lives. It has treated 1,223 swine flu patients in the past six months. ?We still have 11 swine flu patients, two of them on ventilator,? said BJ Medical College and Sassoon Hospital dean Dr AS Jamkar.
?Once the police called us around 7.15 pm, an emergency medical team of 30 resident doctors and 11 lecturers was gathered while four ambulances started bringing the patients in. There were 18 patients at a time, and a few were discharged on an out-patient department (OPD) basis. Nearly 10 patients were discharged against medical advice on Sunday and six are in the ward now. Nine were brought dead,? said Dr Deepa Lad, senior resident medical officer.
Vehicle in-charge Prashant Jadhav also pointed out that the hospital?s ambulances had gone to the spot and they had tried to stabilise the patients on ventilator though they needed better equipment, for instance, to provide oxygen.
Forensic medicine department head Dr SB Punpale and lecturer Dr Amol Shinde said it was a trying task to handle relatives and friends of patients. ?There was a confusion and fear about more blasts, but our security staff also played an effective role.? Rishab Agarwal, a fifth year law student of Symbiosis, is among those recovering in ward number II of the hospital. According to his guardian VK Shukla, the hospital authorities had taken charge of the situation immediately and helped him stabilise.The doctors are worried about the shrapnel injuries. ?While the surgeons had operated on critical patients and most were stabilised in the casualty, we found that several had compound fractures. A blast has a greater impact than a road accident and most of the cases are open fractures, which will take time to heal,? said Dr SS Shintre, head of the department of orthopaedics.
Dr Chetan Pradhan, head of the trauma unit at Sancheti Hospital for Orthopaedics, also said three students were brought in on Sunday with fractures, 30 per cent burns and shrapnel injuries. ?A lot of splinters and shrapnels have led to penetrating bone injuries besides damaging skin and muscle.?
Meanwhile, several blast victims admitted to private hospitals were also discharged on OPD basis. According to Jehangir Hospital authorities, 16 patients were admitted while three were discharged and five are in the intensive care unit. Several patients have suffered from multiple fractures.
Sassoon Hospital doctors in line of duty, over 40 of them work through night Anuradha Mascarenhas
Posted: Monday , Feb 15, 2010 at 0554 hrs
Over 40 doctors of Sassoon General Hospital had gathered in half an hour on Saturday night to treat those injured in the German Bakery blast. And their efforts had lasted the whole night, a fact commended by Union Home Minister P Chidambaram himself during his visit to the hospital on Sunday.
The Saturday night operation was yet another example of how this government hospital, with just five ambulances sans any sophisticated trauma care equipment, continues to save lives. It has treated 1,223 swine flu patients in the past six months. ?We still have 11 swine flu patients, two of them on ventilator,? said BJ Medical College and Sassoon Hospital dean Dr AS Jamkar.
?Once the police called us around 7.15 pm, an emergency medical team of 30 resident doctors and 11 lecturers was gathered while four ambulances started bringing the patients in. There were 18 patients at a time, and a few were discharged on an out-patient department (OPD) basis. Nearly 10 patients were discharged against medical advice on Sunday and six are in the ward now. Nine were brought dead,? said Dr Deepa Lad, senior resident medical officer.
Vehicle in-charge Prashant Jadhav also pointed out that the hospital?s ambulances had gone to the spot and they had tried to stabilise the patients on ventilator though they needed better equipment, for instance, to provide oxygen.
Forensic medicine department head Dr SB Punpale and lecturer Dr Amol Shinde said it was a trying task to handle relatives and friends of patients. ?There was a confusion and fear about more blasts, but our security staff also played an effective role.? Rishab Agarwal, a fifth year law student of Symbiosis, is among those recovering in ward number II of the hospital. According to his guardian VK Shukla, the hospital authorities had taken charge of the situation immediately and helped him stabilise.The doctors are worried about the shrapnel injuries. ?While the surgeons had operated on critical patients and most were stabilised in the casualty, we found that several had compound fractures. A blast has a greater impact than a road accident and most of the cases are open fractures, which will take time to heal,? said Dr SS Shintre, head of the department of orthopaedics.
Dr Chetan Pradhan, head of the trauma unit at Sancheti Hospital for Orthopaedics, also said three students were brought in on Sunday with fractures, 30 per cent burns and shrapnel injuries. ?A lot of splinters and shrapnels have led to penetrating bone injuries besides damaging skin and muscle.?
Meanwhile, several blast victims admitted to private hospitals were also discharged on OPD basis. According to Jehangir Hospital authorities, 16 patients were admitted while three were discharged and five are in the intensive care unit. Several patients have suffered from multiple fractures.
