A young woman was given a new lease of life at the state-run Cama and Albless Hospital.
A young woman was given a new lease of life at the state-run Cama and Albless Hospital. On January 24, seven month pregnant Salma Ansari, 23, was wheeled into the hospital when she fell unconscious after complaining of acute abdominal pain.
The doctors at the hospital diagnosed her and concluded that she was suffering from internal bleeding in the abdomen, medically known as haemoperitoneum.
On the operation table, surgeons discovered that Salma had a bicornuate (heart-shaped) uterus with a 7-month-old foetus (an almost fully formed baby) attached to the left horn. She miraculously survived after an hour-long surgery, despite losing almost all of her blood due to internal bleeding. She bled due to the ruptured uterus, doctors said.
Her husband, Mohammed Ateeq Ansari, 24, said, “After she passed out, I rushed her to a private nursing home in Bhiwandi at 10am. One hour later, the doctors informed us that they could not revive her. They asked me to try my luck at Cama hospital in CST.”
“It is a rare case where a foetus grew till seven months in such a high-risk condition. During surgery, we realised that after the uterus ruptured, the foetus was forming in the abdomen. It might have been growing there instead of the uterus for around a month,” said Dr Rajshree Katke-Sonkawde, medical superintendent, Cama hospital.
Normally, a uterus is a single sack structure. But in Salma’s case, the uterus was double-headed with two horn-like structures protruding out of the organ’s base. “Salma’s pulse rate was feeble.
Due to the loss of blood (around five litres), she had turned dead white,” added Dr Katke.
An adult human carries around six litres of blood in her body. “We transfused four units of blood during the surgery and removed up to a kilo of clotted blood mass.” They were unable to save the child.
Shockingly, Salma’s high-risk condition had gone undetected until now. Instead of getting to the root cause of her pain, she was administered painkiller injections through her pregnancy at a private nursing home in Bhiwandi.
“Earlier, our doctor told us Salma was carrying twins. This was untrue. Then, the doctor suspected spinal tuberculosis. It is a clear case of misdiagnosis. Had we come to the doctors at Cama hospital earlier, our baby could have been saved. Nevertheless, I am happy that my wife survived,” said Mohammed.
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
)
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
)
)
)
)
)
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}