A heart breaking experience
A heart breaking experience and few learning points to share 26th October 2016 Village: Teka Mudra, Athasohn, 7 miles from Fenchugonj, Sylhet, Bangladesh We arrived around 10 am by a 7 sitter from Sylhet town. This is not the first time I have visited this village. 2 patients I intended to see. I was greeted by crowds of villagers who were waiting to receive us from the road. Soon after I finished seeing my second patient, a small child was brought in by her father asking me to give some advice and treatment. The father started saying that the child was being unwell for 4 days with fever cough and reluctant to eat and drink. They showed me a prescription given by a quack 2 days ago who prescribe paracetamol and anti-histamine syrups. On inspection and basic examination I realized that this baby had possibly bad pneumonia with already signs of early respiratory arrest, the child becoming listless and exhausted, was floppy. I spent not a moment advising them to take her to nearest hospital which is 7 mile away from the village. The baby was rushed to nearest hospital by a motor bike where attending doctors declared her dead. While I was still in the village examining my next patient who has possible cerebral palsy I was given the sad news. The whole family and the whole community became stand still; everyone started crying, it was a very painful moment of life. There are many factors why this […]