The little one had a miraculous escape. After seven days in a coma and on a ventilator and then 12 days in a ward, the child has now gone home.
As per reports in TOI, the mother discovered that the child had fallen into a soap water-filled top-load washing machine. The child was rushed to the hospital and was in a coma and on the ventilator at the paediatric ICU for seven days. He was later shifted to a ward where he stayed there for 12 days and went home hale and healthy and also recognized his mother, which came as a huge relief for the parents. Injury due to accidents in children.Image source- ElsevierAccording to the doctors, the child was unconscious, unresponsive, cold and had breathing difficulties when he was brought to the hospital. He was admitted to the Fortis hospital in Vasant Kunj, as reported by The Times of India.
The child who was brought in an unresponsive state and had turned blue was given the necessary antibiotics and IV fluids. A CT scan was also done to assess if there was any damage. The doctors said there was no immediate damage to the brain and he was discharged after 19 days of treatment.Although the relief for the parents is that he miraculously recovered. Comment down if you know any such incident.
