Acute kidney, heart troubles likely cause of death: Hospital

MUMBAI: After spending four months at Burjeel Hospital Abu Dhabi, 37-year-old Eman Ahmed’s sudden demise took the medical fraternity and her well wishers by surprise.

In their official statement, Burjeel Hospital mentioned ‘Complications, from the underlying co-morbid conditions including heart diseases and kidney dysfunction’, as cause of Eman’s death.

After being moved to Abu Dhabi on May 4, a team of 20 doctors had conducted investigations of her health parameters to start the treatment.

HT had reported about a leakage in her heart that could be fatal, as told by doctors treating her at a hospital in Abu Dhabi.

Though her psychological condition had improved, evident from the pictures and videos shared by the hospital, her heart echo had a different story

TESTS HAD SHOWN EMAN HAVING A CONDITION IN WHICH A LEAKING VALVE MADE SOME OF THE BLOOD TO FLOW BACK TO THE LEFT VENTRICLE, LEADING TO A DECREASE IN THE CAPACITY OF THE HEART TO PUMP SUFFICIENT BLOOD TO HER BODY

to tell about her physiological state. Tests had shown Eman having a condition in which a leaking valve made some of the blood to flow back to the left ventricle, leading to a decrease in the capacity of the heart to pump sufficient blood to her body, and which would eventually lead to heart failure.

“Eman’s heart echo revealed a severe regurgitation (leakage) of the aortic valve.

We have put her on conservative treatment with possible valve replacement as a part of the long-term plan,” Yassin El-Shahat, chief medical officer of the hospital, had said in May.

More than 20 healthcare professionals were assigned to evaluate Eman and chart a treatment plan, which was divided into three stages.

Doctors had planned to treat Eman’s acute issues — including her urinary tract infection, bedsores, rehabilitation, speech therapy — and provide her with psychological support within three months, as part of phase 1.

While doctors from Burjeel Hospital are yet to share more details on her treatment, health parameters and what exactly caused her death, it is likely that kidney and heart complications, which were previously diagnosed during the course of her treatment, eventually caused her death.