Jaipur : Prachi Kumawat was just nine years old, studying in Class 4 in Sikar’s Danta town. Teachers rushed to her aid and took her to the nearest community health centre. The doctors there said they tried their best to revive her. The family took her to a bigger hospital in Sikar, but she did not make it.
Prachi was absent from school for the last two-three days as she had a slight cold, the principal of Adarsh Vidya Mandir School, Nand Kishore Tiwari. When she came to school on Monday, she appeared to be in good health and also took part in morning prayers and assembly, before she fell unconscious during lunch hour.
The school staff and teachers brought the nine-year-old girl to us. She was unconscious and gasping and was having difficulty breathing. There was no BP pulse and her heart was not beating. We started CPR, gave her oxygen and emergency drugs, along with injection and drip, Dr Subhash Verma, who attended to Prachi at the community health centre in Danta.
We did our best to revive her, but then realising her condition was not getting better, we called an ambulance and referred her to a hospital in Sikar. If there was a delay in bringing a patient, people should immediately give CPR. Sometimes, there could be a congenital heart disease or disturbance in electrical impulse, and parents may not have noticed them. But it should be investigated, Dr Verma said.
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