'Seriously' ill man shifted from Nagaland to Kerala by road

A 40-year-old "seriously" ill patient on ventilator support was shifted from Nagaland to a hospital here by road, traversing a distance of 3,800 km, and has been responding to treatment, hospital officials said today.
Anil Kumar of Dimapur was suffering from malaria and later developed pneumonia. He was affected with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Dr Gireesh Kumar, Emergency Head of Amrita Hospital Here, where the patient was shifted, said.
The relatives of the patient requested the hospital to transfer him to Kochi.
An airbus ambulance with all facilities of ICU, left for Dimapur on August 5 with antibiotics, IV fluids, and returned yesterday.

The patient was on ventilator when he was shifted and will continue to remain so for at least two weeks, Dr Gireesh said.