Lightning Injury in Indoor Setting - A Case Report

Authors

  • Sarmistha Biswas Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka
  • Md Enamul Karim Professor, Department of Medicine, Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka
  • Joybaer Anam Chowdhury Assistant Registrar, Department of Medicine, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka
  • Prodip Kumar Sarkar Indoor Medical Officer, Department of Medicine, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka
  • Mahmuda Begum Indoor Medical Officer, Department of Medicine, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka
  • Md Mahfuze Sarkar Register, Department of Medicine, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka
  • Supta Bardhan Honourary Medical Officer, Department of Medicine, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka
  • Uttam Kumar Dey Senior Medical Officer, BIRDEM, Dhaka
  • Chandra Shekhor Bala Junior Consultant, Emergency Medicine, NINS, Dhaka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/jdmc.v24i1.29570

Keywords:

Lightning Injury

Abstract

Lightning strike is a common disaster in Bangladesh. The number of deaths and injuries due to lightning in Bangladesh is over 150 per annum as reported in the newspapers. However, this number may be several times higher as information network in the country is mediocre. The mortality following lightning strike is 10% to 30%. Most of the casualties occur in an outdoor setting; indoor accidents are much less. A survival case of thunderbolt injury in an indoor setting admitted in Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka, has been reported here

J Dhaka Medical College, Vol. 24, No.1, April, 2015, Page 79-81

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Author Biography

Sarmistha Biswas, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka



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Published

2016-09-07

How to Cite

Biswas, S., Karim, M. E., Chowdhury, J. A., Sarkar, P. K., Begum, M., Sarkar, M. M., Bardhan, S., Dey, U. K., & Bala, C. S. (2016). Lightning Injury in Indoor Setting - A Case Report. Journal of Dhaka Medical College, 24(1), 79–81. https://doi.org/10.3329/jdmc.v24i1.29570

Issue

Vol. 24 No. 1 (2015)

Section

Case Reports