Santanu Saraswati
Kolkata, February 24—Resurrection is a myth and Sushanta Maiti proved it. The patriarch of a 27-member family, Maiti not only took on death and emerged victorious, he is now ready to celebrate his 101st birthday in April.
The centurion was welcomed back with open arms by his five children and their respective spouses, 10 grandchildren and six great grand children. The family now plans a gala function to celebrate his rebirth and his eldest son Manoj- 72, has already left for the family home at Ayodhyapur near Contai in East Midnapore to make the necessary arrangements.
On Tuesday, the whole family of the former district court official was at a city private hospital to greet the patriarch with tears of joy, after a week of undergoing treatment for multi-organ failure, including gall bladder stone, septicaemia, jaundice, pulmonary disorder and renal; complications. On February 24, however, Maiti was recovering and felt hungry after days.
The miracle happened under the able hands of gastroenterologist Indranil Saha and surgeon Saugata Dey, with Saha taking the lead in the process. And the surgery was one of the most difficult for both the doctors since they could not take the risk of putting the centurion on anaesthesia.
“It took just 12 minutes to perform the surgery, as conventional method was next to impossible. We took out the pus by performing an ultrasonography before taking him to the operation theatre. The bilurubin count was only 14, and Maiti has pulmonary disorder. It was difficult and rare too. But we did it,” said Saha, consultant gastroenterologist, Ruby General Hospital.
Resurrection, however, didn’t came very easy. When gall bladder stones were giving excruciating pain to 100-year-old, his children took him to nearby Mourigram West Bank Hospital for treatment. “But the hospital authority refused admission as our grandfather was having multi-organ failure. They even said that even if they admit our grandfather would die of cardiac failure or brain haemorrhage. It would be better to die him in peace, they suggested. My father and uncle then decided to bring him to Kolkata and admitted here so that no one in our family or friends could never blame us. God was with us. Our grandfather has survived. We will be celebrating his rebirth in a great grand-way. We are just waiting for his release from this hospital,” said Gauri Das, grand-daughter of the centurion.
Maiti, an ex-district court official, has seen Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin setting their feet on moon. He has also seen the Partition of Bengal and even an witness when India was declared Independent on 15 August 1947. The court where he worked had been a witness of trials of many famous freedom fighters. When asked about his health, Maiti in fainted voice rather complained: “I am hungry. But the nurses are not giving me food. I wish to go back home. My wife is waiting for me. Can you please say when I will be released?” EOM
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