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Chennai doctors turn messiah for construction worker who fell from 17th floor
Firoj Alam, a 20-year old from Bihar worked as an AC mechanic at a construction site in Chennai. On Dec 9, 2020, he suffered an accidental fall.
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Updated: Mar 4, 2021, 10:43 PM IST
In a three-month-long effort, a multi-disciplinary team of doctors treated and helped in the recuperation of a 20-year old worker who fell off the 17th floor of a building. According to statistics quoted by doctors, a 60feet or 20meter fall is considered fatal, but in this case, the patient was revived after suffering a 200feet fall, owing to timely hospitalization.
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In a three-month long effort, a multi-disciplinary team of doctors treated and helped in the recuperation of a 20-year old worker who fell off the 17th floor of a building.
According to statistics quoted by doctors, a 60 feet or 20 meter fall is considered fatal, but in this case, the patient was revived after suffering a 200 feet fall, owing to timely hospitalization.
Chennai: In a three-month long effort, a multi-disciplinary team of doctors treated and helped in the recuperation of a 20-year old worker who fell off the 17th floor of a building. According to statistics quoted by doctors, a 60 feet or 20 meter fall is considered fatal, but in this case, the patient was revived after suffering a 200 feet fall, owing to timely hospitalization.
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BENGALURU: Critically-ill Covid patients who were on respiratory support had a high incidence of barotrauma, and over half of such patients succumbed to their illness, a new study has found.
The study Severe Covid 19 pneumonia and barotrauma: From the frying pan into the fire was posted as a preprint on medRxiv on February 16.
It retrospectively analysed data of 410 patients between June and November 2020 at Apollo Specialty Hospital in Jayanagar, Bengaluru.
Thirty-eight of 410 patients (9.3%) showed a high incidence of barotrauma during the study period, which refers to injuries in the body caused by increased air or water pressure. In this case, it refers to lung damage similar to tearing of the lung tissue, which can lead to a collection of air around the lungs. This air can also push its way out to below the skin.