Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Brain stem cell therapy!!

I used to think that MBBS was about learning medical common sense. That you don't give beta blockers for diarrhea, or that chest pain is an emergency and ASV is for snake bites and adrenaline for anaphylaxis.

But then I thought, even at the end of MBBS, that blood is life saving....and I did not know in how many ways I was wrong:


A doctor couple has been arrested in Rohtak, Haryana for causing the bizarre death of their son by attempting to transfuse into him the blood of his more intelligent sibling.In the process, the younger and intelligent Piyush died while Abhishek is battling for his life in a hospital.

All this happened because the mother wanted Abhishek to clear the medical entrance test and study to become a doctor.

The wife recently had a dream in which their "guruji (godman)" told her that if she transfused Piyush's blood to Abhishek, he would clear the medical entrance test.The couple brought instruments to their home and attempted the transfusion by making an incision near the neck of both boys. While doing so, the younger one died of excessive bleeding.

Seeing the whole thing going horribly wrong, the mother slit her wrists. She is now being treated at a hospital here.

Ayyo kadavale!!!!!!

1 comment:

Siddhartha said...

the hindi news channels here can't seem to get enough of this crazy transfusion story.

and, just a few months ago this happened...
http://www.infoniac.com/offbeat-news/boy-performs-caesarian-surgery.html

there should be a contest for insane medico parents.

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