First Rare Disease Clinic JK Loan hospital Jaipur

Around 62 children benefit with better treatment in Country’s first rare disease clinic.

JK Loan hospital had launched rare disease clinic in April.

Around 62 children have been benefiting from treatment at State’s largest child hospital JK Loan’s rare disease clinic and all children are on path of recovery now after 5 months. According to ICMR there are more than seven crore cases of more than 7000 rare diseases in India. 

First Rare Disease Clinic JK Loan hospital Jaipur

In Rajasthan only the number of cases amount to more than 25 lakhs. Any disease which occurs in one out of 2000 people comes under rare diseases according to the European 
council.


Rajasthan is at the top-

Due to less information, knowledge and how of such rare diseases even doctors are sometimes unable to detect them and normal treatments continue which leads to deterioration of health of patient and then the treatment or cure becomes impossible. To eliminate this problem Rajasthan government took a decision to open this rare disease clinic in April. According to Dr. Ashok Gupta of J.K Loan Hospital “The first rare disease clinic to be launched in Rajasthan is a big step in the field of medical science. Around 62 cases have been diagnosed and treated. The main benefit is that the doctors now have the knowledge of such rare diseases which was impossible to find before.

Information about Two Cases – Saved from rare disease

Case 1. An infant child, daughter of Kailash from Barmer, was nearly unconscious and was not responding properly since 3 days. She had problems in both her hands and legs within two days of birth and had stopped drinking milk. Tests like CBC, Serum Calcium and ammonia, renal function, septic screen and MRI etc were performed on the infant and it was deterred that she had metabolism problem. She was treated for same and is healthy now.

Case 2. A child of 11 months had vomiting and diarrhea and within 8 hours the respiratory system started deteriorating. The child was admitted for around 12 days in JK Loan hospital and several tests like ACOT, Cholesterol, Serum Lactate, ammonia etc were conducted and was inferred that the child was suffering from Galactosemia. The new treatment for the same was started and the child is healthy now.