Raigarh 11 November 2024/ It can be understood from three pictures how the efforts of the government under the leadership of Chief Minister Shri Vishnudev Sai, who is committed to providing better health facilities, are working as a lifesaver in the lives of the people. This picture is of 3 year old innocent Manvik, who was bitten by a poisonous krait snake. When he was admitted to the Medical College Raigarh for treatment in a dying condition, the snake's poison had spread throughout his body and his condition had become quite serious. The effect of paralysis was visible in the body and there was difficulty in breathing. For the first 40 to 42 hours he did not regain full consciousness and had to be put on a ventilator. The doctors of Medical College Hospital Raigarh saved his life by giving him intensive treatment for a week and gave him a new lease of life.
Krait is one of the most poisonous snakes found in India. Its poison is neurotoxic. Due to which the nervous system is affected. If treatment is not received at the right time, the chances of survival are less. In such a situation, the life of a small innocent child could be saved by getting proper treatment under the supervision of expert doctors at Raigarh Medical College Hospital.
Manvik Chauhan, 3 year old son of Tuleshwar Chauhan, resident of Aurada village of Kharsia block of Raigarh, was bitten on the finger of his right hand by a poisonous krait snake at home around 5 am in the morning while sleeping. The family took the child to Civil Hospital Kharsia. There, the doctors gave first aid and referred the child to Sant Baba Guru Ghasidas Ji Smriti Government Hospital, Raigarh for better treatment. The child was admitted in a very critical condition to the emergency department of Sant Baba Guru Ghasidas Ji Smriti Government Hospital, Raigarh around 8 am in the morning. The poison of the soap had spread in the child's body, both the eyelids of the child were paralyzed, there was difficulty in breathing, foam was coming from the mouth, the child's hands and feet had become cold and the pulse was also Was becoming weak. The child was immediately treated in the emergency department itself by the doctors present on emergency duty in the pediatrics and pediatrics department and shifted to the ICU by the emergency team of doctors. Shifted to the ward. In view of the serious situation, Dr.L. Of. Due to the tireless efforts of the team of doctors and staff nurses under the leadership of Soni, Head of the Department of Pediatrics and Pediatrics, the child's health started improving. After the effect of snake venom in the child's body subsided, the child was taken out of the ventilator after 3 days. The child's health improved rapidly after coming out of the ventilator. After a week of intensive treatment, the child was discharged from the hospital after his health completely improved.
Family members said that the child's smile returned after treatment at the medical college.
It is heartbreaking for any parent to see their child fighting for life and death. Little Manvik is the only child of his parents. Due to the bite of the krait, his condition had become so bad that he was not completely conscious for the first 40 to 42 hours. But due to the availability of all the necessary facilities along with the team of specialist doctors in the medical college, better treatment became possible. Father Tuleshwar Chauhan says that due to the efforts of the doctors, his child's smile returned.
It is noteworthy that under the leadership of Chief Minister Shri Vishnudev Sai, the state government is very sensitive towards the expansion of health facilities in Chhattisgarh. Chief Minister Shri Vishnudev Sai has set a target of doubling the health budget to expand health facilities in the state. For a healthy Chhattisgarh, it is important that the health system of the state remains in the hands of skilled doctors. But 24 years ago, there was only one government medical college in Chhattisgarh which had only 100 MBBS seats. In the last 24 years, the number of government medical colleges in the state has increased from 1 to 10 and MBBS seats have also increased to 1460. 291 postgraduate seats have also been increased in government medical colleges due to which the state is getting specialist doctors.
That Chhattisgarh, which had the status of a sick state when it was born on 1 November 2000, is now a thing of the past. At present, the government of Chief Minister Shri Vishnudev Sai understands very well that if Chhattisgarh has to be made a developed state on the lines of India by the year 2047, then health is the first link which will make the state capable and prosperous. It is a matter of happiness that the present government of the state is making continuous efforts on this and better results are also being seen.
State Health Minister Shri Shyam Bihari Jaiswal is working to advance health services consciously. At the state level, hospitals like DKS and Mekahara are being equipped with state-of-the-art technologies, while at the divisional level, the work of super specialty hospitals is continuing. Similarly, Ayushman Arogya Mandir at the district and block level is taking special care of the health of the people of the state.