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For all of us ten years from now, or earlier if you wish to practice for the future.
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Subject: FW: Choking



One Senior Citizen of 62 years of age was admitted to hospital for Choking in his lungs after drinking a glass of water at 11:00 pm.
He was rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment but unfortunately died.
His sudden death tells Senior Citizens that no matter what they do, they must pay attention to two things,
.. One is to Prevent Falling,
.. And the other is to Prevent Choking.

After turning 60, one has to begin to train themselve :

When drinking water -
Stop everything and concentrate on drinking water carefully and slowly.

The elderly are prone to choking because the throat and swallowing muscles have degenerated and lack muscle strength.

The following information is passed on by a doctor who is still active in the medical field. It is worth referencing, especially if you or your relatives or friends have become elderly.

Pneumonia caused by choking on drinking water, milk, soup, etc., which is a common problem among the elderly.

If there are elderly people at home :

Please Note:
1. Use a straw, if possible, while drinking water and keep your head down when swallowing.

 2. Please drink thick soup instead of clear soup. Clear soup flows quickly and it is easy to choke when breathing is not smooth.

 3. Please do not drink liquid while there is still solid food in your mouth, or while chewing.  If the water stays in the mouth for too long, it will flow into the trachea and cause choking if you are not careful..

 4. Do not speak or turn your head when there is food or water in your mouth.

5. Old people do not have the same physical strength and endurance as young people..
If liquid or food enters the trachea and is coughed out,
the face will turn red and the blood pressure will soar.

Sometimes choking can be fatal.

As you get older, you must drink water slowly, attentively and cautiously.

*Friends, take care*

SUMMARY - Concentrate.
                     Drink slowly.
                     Head down.
                     Thick soup.
                      Separate drinking from eating and talking

Barclay Reid	May 2, 2024, 4:53 AM (1 day ago)
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Dr. David Chanmugam, an appreciation

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Raveen Hanwella

Perhaps I can fill the gap in the write-up regarding his undergraduate career. This is from my mother who was in the faculty at the time. He was a brilliant medical student and heading for a first class in the final with distinctions in all subjects. Unfortunately, he was failed in the gyn and obs viva by the then Prof who disagreed with his management of delayed labour. Thereby he not only failed gyn and obs but the entire final exam as well. The final irony the answer he gave was correct and the Prof was wrong. I suppose such a disaster will not be allowed to happen nowadays. But those were the days when powerful profs ruled the roost.

Davidd Chanmugam -  Phillipo, David Chanmugam was an admirable, simple, sincere man with no frills and flares. To me personally he contributed immensely to anaesthesia.As you would remember, General Hospital Kandy had supermen -the surgeons, physicians and gynaecologists with thriving private practice- they controlled the medical environment- and called all the shots. Anaesthesia was only a facility to enable flamboyant surgeons to wield more power and boost their egos. Anaesthetists provided them with sleepy patients who were pain free to enable the surgeons to perform. When a surgeon wanted to perform surgery on a "dicey" patient , they referred the patient to their favoured physician asking the physician w as to whether the patient was fit for anaesthesia. On one occasion such a referral or query reached David Chanmugam who was Visiting Physician or Consultant physician , OPD as the other Consultant physicians were not available. His response was simple, practical and exemplified his scientific thinking and not the egoistic conduct of the physicians who used to often say -give him a spinal or give some pento. He wrote " I would not be ananesthesising this patient, get an opinion from the anaesthetist. The first ever comment of such content that we could remember and all of us - junior anaesthetists shouted in joy and our polite quiet and gentle Consultant Anaesthtists- two in number, were very pleased but did not dare to antagonise the surgeons who gave them private practice. We of course were hard to subdue and shouted loud enough for the Consultant surgeons and their juniors to hear and the practice of referring to physicians re fitness for anaesthesia ceased. A landmark event in the specialty. I probably wrote about this epic event in some article. For mje , David Chanmugam was a man who was respected, yet so humble and simple in dress, conduct and never showed off his knowledge.  I will never forget how "great" a man he was. Karals