Baby with rare condition treated at city hospital
The Hindu
The baby had monogenic inflammatory bowel disease
Doctors at Rainbow Children’s Hospital have treated a baby with a rare genetic condition, who had a bone marrow transplant, and subsequently survived a stint on an ECMO machine. The child is doing well.
When six-week-old Lochen was brought to the hospital, it was for diarrhoea and severe dehydration. While parents suspected a simple infection, repeated hospitalisation for over four months led to investigation and Lochen was diagnosed with monogenic inflammatory bowel disease caused by a genetic mutation. The doctors said it was caused by IL-10 R deficiency.
“The only available treatment was an early bone marrow transplant,” said R. Karthik Narayanan, senior consultant at the paediatric intensive care unit, who treated the child.
A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.
The Deputy Commissioner and the Election Officer for Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency M. P. Mullai Muhilan said here on Friday that over 600 staff will be involved in the counting of votes cast in the April 26 elections, at the counting centre at the National Institute of Technology – Karnataka, Surathkal, on June 4.