Anaesthesia Awareness
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| when pain speaks from eyes |
Richa was working as a teacher in
a primary school, she was very much passionate and happy go lucky girl. She had
a loving husband (Abhinav) and a beautiful daughter (Anika). Everything was
going smooth in her life before one miserable day. She was returning to her home after a hectic day,
suddenly she felt some pain in her stomach.
Without wasting any
time her husband took her to a good renowned doctor. After diagnosis her, the doctor told them that
there is a stone in her gallbladder. Which is very big and they have to remove
the bladder. This news was so much disturbing for the couple but when doctor
told them that this is a painless procedure as we will give her general
anaesthesia so that she will be temporarily paralyze during that operation. Richa and abhinav(husband) decided to go
through the operation as there was no other option left in front of them.
Richa took 1 month of leave for
the surgery. She was very much worried about her daughter as she was so young
but her husband was so strong and always support Richa in her day to day affairs. He always said
“honey don’t worry everything would be ok”.
It was 2nd February
2008, Richa was on operation table. A team of doctors came inside the OT. Some
doctors were busy in discussing the case. An anaesthesiologist behind the mask
came to her and gives her general anaesthesia and asked her to count from 1 to
100 as this is the procedure to observe the activity of the patient. She started
counting and slowly felt that her body is being paralyzed. She closed her eyes
by chanting hanumanchalisa. Bur something went wrong, her mind was still working and she was able to hear each and every word of doctors. She desperately wanted to
scream or even move a finger to show the doctors that she was awake but the
muscle relaxant dose she’d received resisted her movements.
The first incision was the worst (in
terms of pain) for her. It was near her belly button. She wanted to scream hard
but could not because of the breathing tube inside her mouth. The second
incision was again so
painful and fearful for her at the same time. Her blood pressure went out of
control and heart rate went so high. Suddenly her heart stopped from the shock. Fortunately, with an injection of adrenaline, her
heart started to beat again. After it was all over she woke up remembering
every horrible second of excruciating pain had gone through.
It was the worst experience of
her life which was more terrifying than death. Doctor asked her about the level
of pain she experienced and she answered: “It would be less if I was not awake
during the surgery”.
Afterward she sued the hospital
and was awarded 5 Lakhs, as compensation from the hospital. But this incident
had shaken her soul so badly. She was in trauma for 2 years. Now she is fully
recovered but don’t want to go to any hospital for any kind of checkup. The
environment of hospital and doctors remind her that unbearable pain, she had suffered.
This is not the only incidence. There are many people all over the world who
suffered from this ignorance called “anaesthesia awareness” by the
anaesthesiologist.
Anaesthesia awareness also known as unintended intra-operative awareness occurs when the anaesthesia given to a patient is inadequate to make them unconscious during the operation. Anaesthesiologists are physicians who play a very important role in the whole surgery. Their job is to manage the anaesthesia, require by the body of the patient during the surgical procedure. They are also responsible to manage the patient’s breathing, blood pressure and heart rate and if there is any medical problem, during or after the surgery, they diagnose and treat those problems immediately.
Anaesthesia awareness also known as unintended intra-operative awareness occurs when the anaesthesia given to a patient is inadequate to make them unconscious during the operation. Anaesthesiologists are physicians who play a very important role in the whole surgery. Their job is to manage the anaesthesia, require by the body of the patient during the surgical procedure. They are also responsible to manage the patient’s breathing, blood pressure and heart rate and if there is any medical problem, during or after the surgery, they diagnose and treat those problems immediately.
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| Brain is active during anaesthesia awareness |
Anaesthesiologist’s ignorance can even take
the life of the patient. Now a day, increasing number of anaesthesia awareness cases shows the lack of knowledge or we can say ignorance of some money making animals , which are least bothered about the life of patients and attend patients carelessely.This message is for those careless doctors .... " Please wake and perform your responsibility honestly , otherwise many innocent patients will sleep forever."
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| When patient is asleep during operations. |
