The 23-year-old student had consumed the lethal substance on the evening of November 1, purportedly because he was frustrated that a job offer and an opportunity to pursue an MBA abroad had slipped away in the Covid-19 pandemic. In the two past cases, only one person had survived. For the municipality-run hospital, which treats up to 300 cases of poisoning annually, it was only the third case of cyanide poisoning in 20 years. The LTMG doctors managed to keep the young man alive with crucial supportive treatment for 24 hours, till the time the antidote arrived by air from Hyderabad 700km away and pulled him out of the abyss.
Cyanide is known to kill within minutes if a person is exposed to a large dose.
MUMBAI: Doctors at the Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General (LTMG) Hospital, popularly known as Sion hospital, achieved a rare success recently when they saved the life of a 23-year-old student who had consumed potassium cyanide mixed in water.
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