A Two-Year-Old baby slipped into Coma due to Multi-Organ Failure, Recovers with ECMO support and Evaded Organ transplantation

Chennai | Thursday | 21st October, 2021

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CHENNAI, India, Oct.

20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- A two-year-old boy baby from Calicut, Kerala has miraculously regained consciousness, survived and recovered fully without organ transplantation, thanks to ECMO support service provided by Rela Hospital, a Multi-Speciality Quaternary Care Hospital at Chromepet.

Master Adhvik, the two-year-old boy from Calicut slipped into Coma due to multi-organ failure and was suffering from Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).

The baby had a high fever in the initial stage, and it was predicted to be a liver failure by a paediatrician in his hometown and so was referred to Rela Hospital for higher care and treatment.

The child was in a mild coma when he was shifted to Rela Hospital and was in nasal O2, as the oxygen level was decreasing day by day and he was given 60% O2 with a viral illness and lung infection at the time of admission.

The multi-disciplinary team spearheaded by Dr Ravikumar & Dr Arumugam along with the experienced Paediatric Intensive Care Team at Rela Hospital aided in the incredible recovery of this baby to a stable condition without an organ transplant.