Suicide bid worker is fed for the first time
By MANDEEP SINGH
Published: 22 September 2006
A man who slit his own throat with a carpet knife last weekend was yesterday fed for the first time since his suicide bid.
Rukmaya Tombaya Moolya was given a special liquid feed through a tube inserted into his nose at Salmaniya Medical Complex (SMC).
“He even sat up, took a few steps and sat on the sofa next to his bed,” said one doctor, who asked to remain anonymous.
“We are extremely encouraged with his progress.
“We realised he had not had any food for the last six days and that is why took a decision to feed him. He has taken it very well.”
Suicide bid worker is fed for the first time
By MANDEEP SINGH
Published: 22 September 2006
A man who slit his own throat with a carpet knife last weekend was yesterday fed for the first time since his suicide bid.
Rukmaya Tombaya Moolya was given a special liquid feed through a tube inserted into his nose at Salmaniya Medical Complex (SMC).
“He even sat up, took a few steps and sat on the sofa next to his bed,” said one doctor, who asked to remain anonymous.
“We are extremely encouraged with his progress.
“We realised he had not had any food for the last six days and that is why took a decision to feed him. He has taken it very well.”
The doctor said Mr Moolya had complained of feeling extremely weak and tired.
Tired
He added that around 2,000 calories would be given to him every 24 hours until Sunday.
“Mr Moolya will be given a litre of the special feed in four instalments of 250ml each,” he said.
The feed will be gradually increased to ensure he digests it all and does not feel any discomfort.
Mr Moolya will have a special X-ray tomorrow, which will reveal how successful the operation was on his trachea and his gullet – which had been severed.
“We will give him an oral dye and immediately do an X-ray, which will reveal what intervention needs to be done later, if at all.
“We expect him to be walking comfortably in the next few weeks.”
Mr Moolya, a bachelor from Mangalore, India, was found lying in a pool of his own blood with his throat cut and a knife in his hand in a lavatory in Tubli, on Saturday.
He underwent lifesaving surgery at SMC.
ฉ Gulf Daily News