> > > > >Medico battling TB receives MBBS degree in ICU >24-yr-old with brain tuberculosis receives MBBS degree with smile and sobs. >Samidha Khandare froze with emotion as she accepted her convocation >certificate lying on a bed in Sion hospital’s intensive care unit. >Partly smiling, partly sobbing, the 24-year-old who was recently diagnosed >with tuberculosis of the brain, humbly accepted the medical degree as her >mother and brother stood by, the tears clouding their sight. The convocation >gown and hat stood in stark contrast to the white hospital bedsheets. >As Samidha, who was hospitalised a week ago, was unable to make it to the >convocation ceremony, hospital dean Dr Suleiman Merchant dropped by to hand >over the certificate to the young medico. >Samidha’s brother, Dr Shekhar, said she was diagnosed with military >tuberculosis in January. >Military or disseminated tuberculosis is a contagious bacterial infection in >which bacteria spread from the lungs to other parts through blood. >“Samidha was hospitalised and discharged after a few weeks but had to be >admitted again. A scan has shown tuberculosis of the brain,” said Shekhar, >adding that Samidha is suspected to have multi-drug resistance tuberculosis. >Samidha, who hails from Akola district, stayed at the hostel for undergraduate >students on the hospital premises. She is the thirteenth health care >professional from Sion hospital to be diagnosed with tuberculosis. >Two of these have multi-drug resistant strain of the disease. Sources at the >hospital said that besides 11 resident doctors, about five senior doctors and >eight paramedical staff also have tuberculosis. DNA had reported in its June >15 edition last year about five doctors from Sion hospital having contracted >the infection in less than six months. >Dr Merchant said that since Samidha was the only student who would skip the >ceremony, they wanted to make it a special moment for her by handing it over >at the hospital. “Samidha has been recovering well and we may shift her to the >general ward in a couple of days or so,” said Dr Merchant. >http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/1802392/report-medico-battling-tb-turns-doc-in-icu > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
