70-year-old woman consumes acid by mistake in Amritsar gurdwara, AIIMS doctors save her

A team of doctors from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi and Amritsar, currently touring flood-affected villages in Ramdass and Ajnala, proved to be godsend for a 70-year-old elderly woman, who consumed acid while visiting the historic Baba Buddha Saheb Gurudwara at Ramdass.

The incident occurred as the woman, who was visiting the gurudwara along with her family, including her sons and daughters-in-law, drank acid from a bottle thinking it was water. The team of doctors, who had set up a medical relief camp inside gurudwara premises today for flood-affected families, noticed her condition and rushed to provide immediate medical treatment.

Dr Rakesh Sharma, a senior surgeon from Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, Amritsar, who is a part of the medical delegation, was her saviour. He treated her in a car as there were no ambulances nearby.

"She was brought to us in a commotion as the family reported that she had consumed acid. We pumped the acid out of her using a medical tube. She is out of danger but would require further medical attention for any internal injuries or damage in stomach or food pipe,” shared

Dr Sharma. The woman was later referred to Guru Nanak Dev Hospital in Amritsar and will be getting treatment there.

Similarly, the team diagnosed a serious kidney ailment in an eight-year-old child, Abhijot Singh, during their walk-in medical camp at Talwandi Rai Dadu, who was later admitted to the paediatric ward of Guru Nanak Dev Hospital. The child is undergoing treatment there and the Punjab government will bear all the expenses of the treatment as far as possible.