'Mowgli girl' better, goes back to shelter home

LUCKNOW: Eleven-year-old

Ehsaas

, popularly known as the '

Mowgli girl

' was on Monday discharged from

RML hospital

where she had been admitted for the last few days. The young girl who was rescued from the forest area of Bahraich had been suffering from diarrhoea,

low haemoglobin

and

stomach worms

.

"She was stable to go home so was discharged after preliminary treatment," said

Dr Omkar Yadav

, medical superintendent, RML hospital.

Suresh Dhapola

, founder of Balloons, the shelter home where the girl now lives, claimed that even after a two months stay at the Baharaich distrcit hospital, the young girl was not given any de-worming tablet. "A day after she was brought here, Ehsaas had started vomiting and her haemoglobin went as down as 5.8 units against the normal 11.5-13.5 units. We gave her de-worming tablets and worms as big as 3 to 5 inches came out. It should have been the basic step taken by the hospital which they apparently did not," he said.

Following consistent diarrhoea, Ehsaas was admitted to RML hospital where she was stabilised and sent home. "The paediatrician at out centre Dr Naveen Srivastava has also checked up Ehsaas today and has recommended a CT scan for her stomach and brain for an overall testing. We also feel she should be vaccinated," said Dhapola.

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