12-month-old Kushi Soni from Kurla had swallowed an earring accidentally. The team of doctors at Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children performed Bronchoscopy and successfully removed it.
Kushi while playing had accidentally swallowed earring, this led to fever and cough. Her mother took her to the pediatrician and was prescribed medicines, but that did not help.
Kushi was later admitted to a public hospital for 3 days. She started facing difficulty in breathing. The doctors did an X-ray but nothing was diagnosed as the foreign body was stuck in the upper throat. The child’s health was worsening so the doctors intubated her and referred to a higher center. Kushi was kept in Private hospital for 3 days. Then Kushi was referred to Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children.
Dr. Divya Prabhat, Head ENT, Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children “Accidental ingestion of foreign bodies go unnoticed as there’s no history from the children. Bronchoscopy equipment with Anaesthesia experts and infrastructure at the Wadia Hospital makes us do such difficult lifesaving cases with ease in just a couple of minutes. Our team evaluated the case and within 30 minutes of admission of the child, she was treated. She was then taken to Operation theatre after an X-ray where we detected the foreign object”.
“The Endotracheal Tube was removed and Bronchoscopy was performed and the Foreign Body (Ear Ring) was removed. No surgery or tracheostomy was thus required for this life-saving emergency procedure. The child has been now extubated and tolerating feeds very well.” Added Dr. Prabhat.
Dr. Minnie Bodhanwala, CEO Wadia Hospitals, “Such cases are very critical in nature and at times need urgent attention. Our doctors at Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospitals for Children’s took no time to address the situation and now baby Kushi is out of danger. We at our hospitals always try to touch the lives of people in one way or another and this is possible only because of the clinical excellence possessed by our doctors, and we are very proud about it”.
Located in the heart of Mumbai, The Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children pledges to extend its services to people, regardless of their socio-economic status. Believing strongly in the fact that quality healthcare should not be restricted to only certain sections of society, the BJWHC offers state of the art services for neonatal and pediatric care at affordable costs.
A teaching hospital of world-wide repute, this 300-bed hospital is propelled by a highly accomplished team of over 60 pediatrics specialists devoting themselves to the care of over 100,000 children on an outpatient basis, and approximately 10,000 children as inpatients, annually.
In brightly painted wards, surrounded with their favorite Disney characters, children are treated for a wide spectrum of rare and complex conditions, in an environment that does its best to keep their spirits high. With tender care by the staff and each doctor taking a personal interest in every child’s health and well-being, the hospital sees its responsibility as much more than just medical treatment. Besides providing comprehensive clinical care it also offers rehabilitation and family-focused methods of promoting a healthy environment for the child, thus striving to prevent childhood diseases.
BJWHC also has the largest Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in the West Zone. In its effort to provide universal healthcare, BJWHC also acts as a tertiary level referral center, is a nodal center for Clubfoot in Maharashtra and is the only center for Neonatal/Paediatric Dialysis in Western India.
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