
Khammam girl gets a new lease of life
The Hindu
29-year-old had diabetic ketoacidosis, sepsis which caused persistent fever
A 29-year-old girl from Khammam district got a new lease of life after receiving critical care treatment and sphenoidal endoscopic method surgery for growth hormone secreting tumour in pituitary region of brain.
A team of doctors at Care Hospitals performed complex surgery on Dargani Jyothi, who was suffering with diabetic ketoacidosis and sepsis with no prior history of diabetes that caused fever for several days.
Care Hospitals consultant general medicine K.S. Moinuddin said Ms. Jyothi was admitted on October 19 and was treated for about two months, of which she was on ventilator support for about 45 days. Various investigations were done and she was finally diagnosed as having growth hormone secreting tumour in pituitary region of brain.

The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday ordered the issue of a notice to the State government on a PIL petition, which had complained about disturbances caused to people residing in the localities around the National Public School situated in Rajajinagar 5th block due to use of loudspeakers with high volume in the school and parking of school buses in residential areas.












