An 81-year old female patient, suffering from multiple illnesses, was successfully treated at Aster Hospital, Mankhool.

The patient had blockage of the bile ducts and abnormal retention of bile in the liver caused by gallstones; she also had infection (cholangitis) leading to sepsis and was in need of immediate medical intervention in order to survive.

Dr. Amal Upadhyay, Consultant Gastroenterologist at Aster Hospital performed an ERCP procedure to clear the bile ducts and the patient recovered and resumed normal activities within a day after the procedure.

The elderly patient was transferred to Aster Hospital's Intensive Care Unit from another healthcare facility in a state of shock, complicated by poor kidney function.

Immediate examination by multiple specialists - an intensivist, a nephrologist, a cardiologist and an anesthesiologist determined that it was necessary to conduct ERCP to treat the cholangitis, else the patient's condition could prove fatal.

Source: Khaleej Times