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‘Risk of seizures’: Docs flag concerns over Jharkhand student leader Mahto’s health

'Risk of seizu es': Docs flag co ce  s ove  Jha kha d stude t leade  Mahto's health


Deve d a
Mahto
at
Ra chi
Sada
Hospital

NEW
DELHI:
Jha kha d
Lokta t ik
K a tika i
Mo cha
leade
Deve d a
Nath
Mehto
is
suffe i g
f om
a
elect olyte
imbala ce,
docto s
at
Sada
Hospital
i
Ra chi
said
o
Satu day,
exp essi g
co ce
ove
the
health
co ditio
of
the
stude t
leade ,
who
has
bee
o
a
hu ge
st ike
fo
15
days.While
b iefi g
about
Mahto’s
health,
D
Am ita
said
that
his
sodium
level
had
d opped
to
124
a d
keto e
bodies
had
bee
detected
i
his
u i e,
i dicati g
sta vatio .The
docto
said
that
Mahto
had
efused
to
take
fluids,
although
he
co ti ued
to
d i k
wate .”Fi st,
the e
is
Deve d a
Nath
Mahto,
who
has
ot
eate
fo
15
days.
He
is
efusi g
to
take
fluids,
though
he
is
d i ki g
wate .
A
elect olyte
imbala ce
has
bee
detected
i
him.
Repo ts
show
his
sodium
level
is
124,
a d
keto e
bodies
a e
p ese t
i
his
u i e,
i dicati g
sta vatio ,”
D
Am ita
said.Add essi g
the
p ess
co fe e ce,
she
also
sha ed
the
health
co ditio
of
othe
hu ge
st ike s
admitted
to
the
hospital.”Next
is
Umme
Habiba.
Keto e
bodies
have
bee
fou d
i
he
u i e
as
well.
He
blood
p essu e
is
bei g
mai tai ed
due
to
fluid
t a sfusio s.
The
the e
is
Rahul
K a ti.
Keto e
bodies
have
bee
fou d
i
his
u i e
too,
at
a
‘3+’
level,
a d
his
blood
p essu e
is
cu e tly
bei g
mai tai ed
solely
th ough
fluid
t a sfusio s,”
she
said.

This
comes
afte
Mahto
alleged
that
police
epeatedly
“jostled
a d
stopped”
him
f om
pa ticipati g
i
a
Ti a ga
Yat a
at
Jaipal
Si gh
Mu da
Stadium
i
Ra chi.I
a
post
o
X,
Mahto
said,
“The
police
epeatedly
jostled
a d
stopped
me.
Eve tually,
I
sat
dow
ight
outside
the
doo
of
my
oom.
I
will
emai
seated
he e
u til
I
am
allowed
to
leave.
I
will
ot
u de go
medical
t eatme t
eithe .””I
will
stay
ight
he e
a d
voice
my
positio .
My
fight
is
fo
the
ights
of
the
people
a d
fo
justice.
My
voice
ca ot
be
supp essed
by
stoppi g
me,”
he
added.Respo di g
to
the
allegatio s,
Sada
Hospital
Deputy
Supe i te de t
D
Bimlesh
Kuma
also
eite ated
co ce s
ove
Mahto’s
health
a d
said
that
docto s
had
advised
Mahto
agai st
seeki g
discha ge
a d
u ged
him
to
emai
at
the
hospital
fo
ecessa y
t eatme t.

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“The
situatio
ight
ow
i volves
a
sig ifica t
elect olyte
imbala ce;
sodium
is
at
124,
a d
potassium
is
also
low.
If
the
patie t
exe ts
themselves
i
this
co ditio ,
the e
is
a
isk
of
seizu es
o
simila
complicatio s.
U de
these
ci cumsta ces,
we
simply
ca ot
discha ge
the
patie t,”
D
Kuma
said.”That
is
why
we
have
advised
agai st
discha ge,
a d
we
believe
he
should
u de sta d
this;
discha gi g
him
ow
would
lead
to
se ious
p oblems.
Fo
the
time
bei g,
we
have
advised
him
to
stay
he e
a d
allow
the
ecessa y
medical
t eatme t
to
p oceed…
his
co ditio
does
ot
pe mit
us
to
let
them
leave
o
discha ge
him.
Give
the
clea
sig s
a d
symptoms
of
sta vatio ,
we
simply
ca ot
discha ge
the
patie t
i
this
co ditio
u de
a y
ci cumsta ces,”
he
added.Thousa ds
of
stude ts
a d
aspi a ts
a e
p otesti g
ove
alleged
i egula ities
i
ec uitme t
exami atio s
co ducted
by
the
Jha kha d
Public
Se vice
Commissio
(JPSC)
a d
Jha kha d
Staff
Selectio
Commissio
(JSSC).

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