Ludhiana, June 23
Parkash Chand, a 58-year-old had stones in his left kidney, which he got removed through surgery at the Christian Medical Hospital. Later, his right kidney also developed some stones and he got himself operated upon in Ambala. After some days, there was profuse bleeding from his right kidney. He was referred to Christian Medical College and Hospital again by the surgeon in Ambala. The urologists tried to control the bleeding with medicines, but to no avail. Parkash Chand passed out a litre of blood in one night. He had to be given five units of blood. His condition started deteriorating.
In order to save his life, a cardiologist stepped in, as the removal of kidney would have involved a major surgery and a lot of expense. Moreover, Parkash was not in a condition to withstand such a lengthy operation. In this new concept of surgery to stop bleeding, a cardiologist steps in and uses the same principle as that applied in heart surgery.
An angiography performed on the heart patient diagnoses the blocked artery, similarly, an angiography performed in case of Parkash Chand showed the cardiologist, Dr T. M. Jaison, which artery had been causing extensive bleeding in Parkash’s kidney. Next Parkash was given spinal anaesthesia. A catheter was sent into the artery. The pictures clearly showed the ‘leaking artery’. Medicine was sent through the catheter and further pictures showed that the bleeding had stopped. The whole procedure took just a little more than half-an-hour.
This correspondent found Ram Parkash in good spirits though the surgery had been performed only a day before. His family also looked quite relieved as the loss of blood has been causing them a lot of worry. This technique was first used by Dr Karlton and since then only five surgeries of this nature have been performed to stem the flow of blood from a damaged artery of the kidney.
Parkash Chand will now be discharged in a few days and will lead a new life, after putting a nightmarish experience behind, thanks to the new procedure.
