Four AIIMS resident doctors and one from ILBS performed CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) on the child mid-air after the crew made an emergency announcement
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A 15-month-old Bangladeshi girl, who was admitted in a critical state to a private hospital in Nagpur city in Maharashtra on August 27 after her health deteriorated on board a Delhi-bound Vistara flight, reportedly died early on Thursday due to medical complications, an official of the hospital said, reported the PTI.
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The Bengaluru-New Delhi flight on which the girl was flying along with her family members was rerouted and it made an emergency landing at the Nagpur airport late Sunday night. The toddler fell unconscious after suffering a cardiac arrest mid-flight. Co-passengers promptly initiated life-saving measures by providing CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) to the baby, he said, according to the PTI.
The child passed away at 3.15 am on Thursday after a relentless struggle for the last three days, said Aejaz Shami, Deputy General Manager (Branding and Communications) at the KIMS-Kingsway Hospitals, where the girl was admitted, as per the PTI.
The child was in a critical state after several resuscitation efforts mid-flight and during transfer to the hospital, he said in a release, the news agency reported on Thursday.
The child suffered from several complications, including renal and cardiac failures, he added.
"The staff and doctors at the hospital offered round-the-clock care to the child and in spite of exemplary care, the child could not survive and was declared dead at 3.15 am today," he said.
The girl's parents and relatives were counselled regularly and at last understood the fate of the child as she started developing multi-organ dysfunction one by one, Shami added.
"The hospital authorities are trying to transfer the mortal remains of the child to Bangladesh," he added.
The Bengaluru-Delhi Vistara flight shortly after take off was saved by five doctors, including four from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences here, travelling in the same flight. The four AIIMS resident doctors and one from ILBS performed CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) on the child mid-air after the crew made an emergency announcement, according to the PTI.
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya had also congratulated the doctors for saving a precious life, the PTI had earlier reported.
(with PTI inputs)
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