28th October 2016 ,Screening programme in Fenchugonj, sylhet. The child has Pentology of Fellots confirmed on ECHO, now waiting to get his heart operated. He is so active and cheerful but you can hear the fighting sounds he gets on minimal exertion.   Dr Amin Islam, London 7th November 2016 with parental permission.

Janaan health brief case record of the week 1 nov 2016 A 56 years old banker presented to AE with history of being unwell and high temperature for 4 days He was known to have rheumatoid arthritis for 10 years and was on methotrexate 7.5mg once daily. Evaluation in AE revealed pancytopenia with HB 60 WCC 0.1 PLT 10, MCV 90 Chemistry was normal apart from CRP of 300 He was commenced on broad spectrum antibiotics with meropemen and fluid resuscitation. His case was discussed with attending haematologist. A presumptive diagnosis of methotrexate induced panctopenia and neutropenic sepsis were made. Folinic acid and GCSF commenced with the hope of count recovery. The patient was discharged home day 5 with haematology outpatient follow up. He made no haematological recovery week 6 post hospital discharges. He underwent further blood test to exclude MDS/Aplastic anaemia and all were negative. He was commenced on transfusion programme and needed 2 weekly blood transfusion and platelets transfusion weekly to keep at a safer level At week 9 he underwent a bone marrow test Bone marrow test showed advance myelofibrosis grade 4, no excess of blast and no evidence of gross dysplasia. Unfortunately the patient became so depressed with all the events and was at some point become suicidal. Cytogenetics showed – 5q He was then referred to a specialist in London with special interest on MPD/Myelofibrosis. HE was commenced on DANAZOLE with no response after 6 weeks. While he was waiting to get Revlimid he became […]

A community amongst hundreds needs desperate access to modern health care

Shaon, 13 months 2 days old boy was born in a rural village of Sylhet, Bangladesh. 300 miles away from the town. His teenage mother was  shocked and traumatized  when she first saw the bays face. His father, a 28 years old  very simple man who mainly looks after his parents cattle and small scale agriculture work. Shaons mother has seen many baby’s born in her village but not like her own child. A gap in the lip and palate, made her wonder what these miracles were. The baby was crying and crying relentlessly , struggle of his life and his mums harsh reality begun here. One morning, 4 days after his birth when his mum was trying to feed  milk he chocked and  became blue. The local quake visit the home as an emergency and advised rightfully to transfer the child to nearest hospital in town. The paediatrician attending the shift made the diagnosis of cleft lips and palates. Sahon was admitted for few days and received treatments for aspiration pneumonia and had NG tube feed. The NG tube fell out few days after but his mum adopted a mechanism how  to feed safely, though he had few episodes of chest infection which was managed by a local quack. After 13 months , the grand parent saved some money and decided to take shaon to Dhaka , capital city to visit a surgeon who was doing cleft lip surgeries free of cost. The surgeon saw shaon and advised to get his hear checked. Waiting for 2 […]