In the wake of the AI 171 airplane crash on June 12, a mother and her eight-month-old son, who suffered severe burns, were discharged from a city hospital after five weeks of intensive treatment. The infant, Dhyaansh, had sustained 36 per cent burns across his face, arms, abdomen, and chest, while his mother, Manisha, 30, suffered 25 per cent burns on her hands and face.
Eight-month-old Dhyaansh, son of Dr Kapil Kachhadiya, a urology resident at Civil Hospital, is now recovering well.
According to a media report, the two were in the BJ Medical College hostel and residential quarters in Meghaninagar when the tragedy unfolded.
The report stated that everything had gone black for a moment before heat engulfed their residence.
Manisha instinctively grabbed her baby and ran through thick smoke and flames.
She admitted she had a fleeting thought that they would not survive. But she was determined to do it for her child.
She mentioned that words are inadequate to describe the pain they endured.
Dhyaansh was admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) at KD Hospital, where he received ventilator support, fluid resuscitation, blood transfusions, and burn treatment.
Dr Adit Desai, managing director of KD Hospital, described the case as deeply moving. He said it was deeply touching because of the mother’s instinctive courage to save her child and added that, from a medical standpoint, every department had come together to ensure the best possible outcome.
Dr Desai added that the hospital provided free treatment to six patients affected by the crash.
The treatment involved several specialists, including Dr Snehal Patel, neonatologist and pediatrician; Dr Tushar Patel, pulmonologist and critical care specialist; and Dr Mansi Dandnaik, critical care and transplant intensivist.
Dr Snehal Patel highlighted a serious complication during the child’s treatment. She explained that blood had rushed into one side of the child’s lungs. The child was kept on ventilatory support, and an intercostal drainage tube was inserted until good lung expansion was achieved.
Plastic surgeon Dr Rutvij Parikh, who treated the burns, said that the patient’s age was a major factor and that they had to make sure the wounds did not get infected and that his growth would be normal. He added that the recovery of the child and mother had been satisfactory. He also mentioned that skin grafts from both the child and mother were used. He said Dr Kapil’s involvement as a father helped enormously and that, as a medical professional himself, he often made sure the dressings were done properly, even in the middle of the night.
The child has found a semblance of life after weeks of intensive care.
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