BHUBANESWAR: Health and Family Welfare Minister Pratap Jena will visit All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at New Delhi along with a team of five doctors on Friday to observe the health condition of separated conjoined twins from Kandhamal district. Amid reports that the twins will be brought back to Odisha and kept under the observation of a team of specialists here till they are fully fit, Jena said the decision on their future course of treatment will be taken after examining their condition. “After the complex surgery the twins are recuperating very rapidly. Both of them are having food and playing with each other.
We will have a discussion with AIIMS authorities and seek their opinion whether they can be discharged,” he told reporters here on Thursday. The Minister will be accompanied by head of Neuro-Surgery Department of SCBMCH Dr Sanjeeb Mishra, Superintendent of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Post Graduate Institute of Paediatrics Dr Saroj Satpathy, Associate Professor (Medicine) of AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, Dr Rashmi Ranjan Mohanty, Professor of Surgery Department of SCBMCH Dr Jagmohan Mishra and Assistant Professor (Plastic Surgery) Dr Pruthiraj Singh.
The craniopagus conjoined twins fused at head, were successfully separated after a 21-hour-long surgery in October last year. In January, AIIMS authorities had intimated the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) that the separated conjoined twins were ‘clinically’ well and there was no need of ICU or specialised care for them. “Since risk to life is very low after four months of surgery, they can be shifted back to Odisha for supportive and continued care.
Senior doctors dealing with the twins believed that they can be managed at any State-level medical college or district hospital with good nursing and paediatric support,” AIIMS had replied. Meanwhile, Jena has rubbished media reports on Nipah virus infection in the State stating it to be ‘rumours’. He said eight persons from Bhogarai of Balasore district, who had recently returned from Goa, are undergoing treatment in SCBMCH. Their condition is improving. State Government will bear their medical expenses, he added.
Balasore youths’ health condition improves
Cuttack: The condition of eight youths of Balasore district, who were suffering from an unidentified disease and undergoing treatment at SCB Medical College and Hospital, is stated to have shown improvement on Thursday. “The patients have started taking their diet, moving inside the ward as usually,” said SCBMCH Superintendent Prof Prasanna Kumar Debata. They had tested negative for H1N1 and dengue on Wednesday. Ruling out the possibility of being affected with Nipah virus, Debata said there was no symptom of Nipah and hence, the hospital has not gone for the test. Several other tests have been conducted and reports are awaited. “We will keep them under observation for two days more, after which they will be discharged,” he said.