There are so many life threatening diseases and conditions which can actually be very painful and fatal. Most of us understand the basic terms we hear everyday but, there are other diseases that we don't even know exist. Gangrene is one such disease. It is serious and possibly a fatal, life threatening disease, which arises when large mass of tissue dies from your body. The biggest possible cause of Gangrene is an injury or infection to the body part. Feet, Toes, Legs, Hands, Fingers and Arms are the most vulnerable parts of the body to get affected. Any chronic heath problem that affects blood circulation, can also be accounted for Gangrene.
Gangrene, as a word, may be understood by those living in urban cities but, large part of the world's population is still new to it. Illiterate, uneducated people and people living in rural areas are the most effected by the ill effects of Gangrene. India is growing in every sector and medical science is one of our forte. We have well equipped hospitals and very talented doctors in our medical firepower but, this can't be said about rural areas. Yes, the situation has improved persuasively during the last decade or so but our villages haven't reached the kind of level they should have been at. We'll talk about Himachal Pradesh, a silent, picturesque hill state in the northern parts of India, which is quite famous amoung the tourists. Popular tourist places and highly populated areas of Himachal have good medical services. Obviously! there are government hospitals but, private medical centres and hospitals have also made a mark for themselves. It's the backward parts with "sorry" services. You talk about upper Himachal, it's the worst hit.
We'll definitely have to blame ourselves too. People living in the villages still like to believe in home remedies and we have a huge list of uneducated DESI doctors too. People forget to understand that it is important to get an expert's advice about any kind of disease or body condition and to visit local uneducated, ill-equipped, so called fake doctors is a strict no no. We also have people who are so much into inposters (Dhongi Baba's) that they don't understand, these imposters don't have a clue about modern diseases. It's simply risking your precious life.
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| Dr. Jaidev Singh Retola |
Last time we mentioned that Dr. Jaidev Singh Retola is a miraculous Gangrene healer, who has been able to successfully treat gangrene affected patients without the need of amputation. Now, coming back to Gangrene, there are various, different types of this disease. There is Dry Gangrene, Wet Gangrene, Gas Gangrene, Internal Gangrene, Necrotizing Fasciitis, Fournier Gangrene, Venous Limb Gangrene and Noma Gangrene and, all of these are serious if proper care isn't taken. Although, there are treatments for most cases, the surgical amputation is the last resort but, it is determined by the area of the infected tissues. The best treatment is revascularization or restoration of blood circulation but, this is best suited for the early stages of gangrene.
Dr. Retola says, "People generally don't care about minor injuries and I've met a lot of such people who don't even know about Gangrene. These are either illietrate or they belong to the poor sections of our society. Since most of the people are unaware of the possible ill effects of this disease, they look for a cure when there's no other choice but amputation."
He further adds, "Recently and in the past too, there were dozens of my patients who were misguided by other doctors. They could have saved the limbs but instead, they opted for the amputation method. It is not only depressing for the patient to lose his limb but, it is a life long pain. When such patients come to me, it saddens me to hear their stories that their limb/limbs were amputated, when it could have been saved." He says, Treating Gangrene is a very caring job to do and as a doctor, it is important to have complete patience. Regular dressing of the affected area is a real hardwork but, the end result is the real prize.
Although Dr. Jaidev Singh Retola has succesfully treated lots of gangrene affected patients, we managed to get our hands on personally written acknowledgements by his patients. Most of these patients belong to poor families and some of them are below poverty line-BPL. Dr. Retola is a super hero in disguise. One of his patient said, "I belong to a very poor family and didn't had enough money to pay my medical examination bills but, Dr. Retola was kind enough to treat me without asking any money."
There are various others, who were mislead my other doctors and they had to go through the amputation method but, their gangrene returned and they suffered more. Dr. J.S. Retola was their only hope left and they say, they weren't disappointed.
We have compiled a list of some of his patients, who came to him suffereing from gangrene and left perfectly healed. The acknowledgements are in Hindi (we'll try to translate them later for a better understanding).
Meanwhile, if you have any sort of question that you want to ask from Dr. Jaidev Singh Retola, feel free to post them in the comments section below and we'll make sure, he answers them all.
Here is the first of the countless thankyou notes, sent by Dr. Retola's patients:
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