Raipur: One after other case of rare health deformities is being found, and medical treatment is being done successfully by Chhattisgarh government’s health services and medical education departments’ staff under the health programme Chirayu.
In a recent success story, the case was of a child suffering due to Bladder Exstrophy (Exstrophy-Epispadias Complex), which is a kind of birth defect and the incidences are rare. It may be mentioned that in the Sarangarh- Bilaigarh district, ‘Chirayu’ team is regularly visiting government-run schools and Anganwadi centres, where, in course of medical examination, the team is identifying children having birth defects, or any other serious health problem, and then experts are providing treatment successfully free of cost, as per the directive of the District Collector Dr Fariha Alam Siddiqui.
In the Anganwadi centre- 2, located at the ward- 5 of Sarangarh, the Chirayu team identified a male child Dhairya Mehar, son of Sanjay Mehar, suffering Bladder Exstrophy (Bladder Exstrophy Epispadias Complex).
According to the medical treatment experts, bladder exstrophy is a birth defect, and in this type of rare incidences, the bladder develops outside the foetus. The exposed bladder cannot store urine, or function normally. And that results in incontinence, meaning urine leakage. The severity of the health problems caused by the said birth defect varies, and these can include defects in the bladder, genitals and pelvic bones, as well as defects in the intestines and reproductive organs.
Exstrophy- Epispadias Complex represents a range of genitourinary malformations. Depending on severity, the complex may involve the urinary system, musculoskeletal system, pelvis, pelvic floor, abdominal wall, genitalia, and sometimes the spine and anus also.
According to medical experts, the ratio of this birth defect is 1: 10,000 per 50,000 live births, and the male female ratio of incidence is 3:1.The Chirayu team referred the child to the advanced medical treatment institute of the state DKS Hospital, located in the state capital Raipur, where process was done for admission under the care of Dr Nitin Sharma. After a series of necessary tests, the first- stage surgery has been done successfully. In case of need, the next surgical procedure will be undertaken.
After the surgery, there is improvement in the child’s health. Different types of samples have been collected from the child and sent to advanced laboratories outside for test. Chirayu team is continuously taking information about his health progress.
Chief Medical and Health Officer Dr FR Nirala, DPM Shri Nandlal Izaardar, BMO Dr RL Sidar, Chirayu Nodal Authority Dr Prabhu Dayal Khare, from Chirayu team, Dr Badri Vishal Pankaj, Dr Babita Patel, Dr Gauri Jaiswal, Dr Prabha Sarthi Dr Namrata Minz, Pharmacist Hingleshwari Kurrey, ANM Mongra Kanwar, Yogeshwar Chandram, Lalita Uraon, Anil Kathotiya, Dubey nurse gave valuable support in this successful treatment.