Faridabad News: A two-year-old child, who was seriously injured after a fan fell on his head and was seriously injured by its blade, was successfully operated upon in a private hospital in Faridabad. Please tell that the blade of the fan had entered the child’s skull up to three centimeters.
Accident happened while playing near a fan
The hospital that successfully treated the child issued a statement saying that the accident happened when the child was playing near the fan. The hospital said that the child had suffered a deep head injury from a 30 cm long fan blade. The fan blade had penetrated three centimeters into the child’s skull.
‘The blade was taken out after a three-hour surgery’
The hospital said in its statement that doctors led by Dr. Nitish Agarwal, Consultant, Neurosurgery, Fortis Escorts Hospital, Faridabad, said the hospital The child was successfully operated upon by a team, the hospital said that the complex surgery took about three hours. The fan blades were surgically removed from the skull.
‘Child’s voice could have been affected’
The hospital administration said that after the surgery, the child was shifted to the Pediatric ICU and later shifted to the ward. He said that the child has been put on intravenous antibiotics for seven days to prevent any infection. Dr Aggarwal said that the fan blade had penetrated the left side of the child’s brain and there was great concern that it might affect the child’s voice.
‘There could have been an infection in the brain’
They said that apart from this, we were also worried about the formation of a blood clot in his brain and infection in his brain due to any foreign substance. . We assessed all the challenges and then carefully performed the surgery.
‘The matter was very challenging’
While the facility director of Fortis Escorts Hospital Faridabad Dr. Ajay Dogra said that it was a very challenging case considering the age of the patient. However, the right and immediate treatment by the team of doctors saved the child’s life.
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