www.expressindia.com - Weather | Horoscope | Stocks | RSS
expressindia web city
HomeBlogsCricketAstrologyShopping TendersClassifieds Opinions Jobs Hotels
Sign In / Register | Archive
Expressindia » Story

New hope for Nitin, he is shifted to Khadki hospital for rehabilitation

Font Size

Express news service

Posted: Nov 24, 2007 at 0000 hrs IST

Pune, November 23 After being on a water bed for three months at the Sassoon hospital, 12-year-old Nitin Chavan, who fell from a 20-foot human pyramid during “Dahi handi” celebrations, has now been shifted to Military Hospital, Khadki for rehabilitation. Nitin suffers from quadraplegia — a paralytic condition affecting all four limbs.

Nitin, who has received support from Vishwa Jagriti Mission Trust, Pune, will be kept at the hospital “for all future course of treatment.” Officers at the hospital said,”Nitin’s prognosis is not yet up to the mark and so an operation is ruled out, for the time being. Sassoon hospital has taken ample care and as the Military Hospital specialises in spine-related problems, Nitin will be given all possible treatment as well as all efforts will be initiated for his rehabilitation.”

At the hospital, family members are not allowed to stay with the patient. So, Nitin’s father has gone back to his village, Umbraj, in Satara district. “He sells ice-cream during summers and fish during the winters for a living. So he is relieved that Nitin has been sponsored by the Vishwa Jagriti Mission as he cannot afford the expenses,” says a senior officer from the hospital.

Sassoon officials said earlier the Akhil Ganesh Baug Mitra Mandal had toned down their Ganesh festival celebrations and provided a water bed to Nitin. Before he was discharged, they also gave him a wheel-chair. “Nitin will be able to sit on a wheel chair, but will not be able to move. There has been an improvement, but there is still a long way to go,” said a senior doctor.

Two months back, Newsline had reported the condition of Nitin which grabbed the attention of the Mundhwa-based Ganesh mandal and Vishwa Jagriti Mission chairperson Krishna Kashyap who decided to adopt the boy and sponsor his treatment.

Discuss this story on expressindia forums
Post Comments
Name* Email ID*
Subject* Country*
Message*
Characters remaining
 
TERMS OF USE: The views, opinions and comments posted are your, and are not endorsed by this website. You shall be solely responsible for the comment posted here. The website reserves the right to delete, reject, or otherwise remove any views, opinions and comments posted or part thereof. You shall ensure that the comment is not inflammatory, abusive, derogatory, defamatory &/or obscene, or contain pornographic matter and/or does not constitute hate mail, or violate privacy of any person (s) or breach confidentiality or otherwise is illegal, immoral or contrary to public policy. Nor should it contain anything infringing copyright &/or intellectual property rights of any person(s).
I agree to the terms of use.

Latest News

Business

Showbiz

Sports

Union Budget: I-T limit raised; sops for poor and farmers

Key features of Union Budget 2009-2010

SC judge apologises for ‘Taliban’ remarks on Muslims

Past receipts: Pakistan still owes India Rs 300 crore

Oz laws to be made tougher to check racial assaults

Floods leave 5 lakh homeless in Assam

Loopholes galore in Dehradun Police's 'encounter' story

More
© 2009 The Indian Express Limited. All rights reserved
The Indian Express Group | Advertise With Us | Privacy Policy | Feedback | Work With Us | Site Map