An eighteen-year-old who suffered a cardiac arrest four hours after she delivered her first child at the Suddie Public Hospital in Region Two has been loud in praise of the doctors and nurses for saving her life.
Karishma Mangal of Charity Squatting area, Region Two was admitted to the Suddie Public Hospital on May, 10 2022 after suffering from an eclampsia-related seizure. Eclampsia is a pregnancy-related condition where high blood pressure results in seizures during pregnancy. According to Dr. Abel Caesar, Obstetrician and Gynecologist attached to the Suddie Public Hospital, Mangal’s case was rare; Dr. Caesar also said that Mangal was 33 weeks pregnant upon her admission. An emergency caesarean surgery was conducted and Mangal delivered a 2.4 kg baby boy, but four hours after the surgery, Mangal had to be rushed into the Intensive Care Unit after suffering a cardiac arrest.
The medical team at Suddie Hospital immediately announced a “code blue” and a team of eight ICU physicians and nurses began to immediately operate on Mangal who was by then intubated. For 15 minutes Mangal had no detectable heartbeat. “We knew right there we had to act fast, we tried and tried for 15 minutes… then we got a heartbeat… we then called GPHC and we told them we had a patient that needed immediate attention,” Dr. Caesar said. Mangal was air-dashed to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) for further attention and was institutionalized for a few days and then discharged.
Medical Superintendent of the Hospital, Dr. Sheneer Reid thanked the team for ensuring that Mangal’s heart began beating again.
“Ms. Mangal’s case was a very severe case, she had high blood pressure then suffered seizures then a heart attack. She was medivaced to GPHC, thankfully she is alive and well… I must commend Dr. Caesar for continuing the care,” Dr. Reid said. Mangal’s mother, Angela Tobin, also thanked the medical team for saving her daughter’s life. Mangal is currently suffering from memory loss and doctors are closely monitoring her condition.
