Toddler with heart disease resuscitated on Delhi bound Vistara flight dies in Nagpur hospital
Nagpur, August 31 : The 15-month-old Bangladeshi girl, who was admitted to a private hospital here on August 27 after her health deteriorated on board a Delhi-bound Vistara flight, died early on Thursday, hospital sources said.
According to the sources, the toddler passed away due to medical complications on Thursday at around 3.15 am after battling with life for the last three days. The child fell unconscious after suffering a cardiac arrest in mid-air.
The Kingsway Hospital in Nagpur in its press released stated, “A 15-month-old child passed away at 3.15 am on 31 August after relentless struggle for the last three days. The child was in a critical state after several resuscitation efforts while on the flight and during transfer to KIMS-Kingsway Hospitals.”
She was in a critical state after several resuscitation efforts while on the flight and during transfer to KIMS-Kingsway Hospitals here. A New Delhi-bound Vistara flight was diverted to Nagpur late on Sunday night due to a medical emergency involving a toddler with a heart problem who was attended by a group of doctors travelling in the same aircraft.
She was later admitted to a KIMS Kingsway hospital in Nagpur.
