Mumbai: Would you like to fly in an aircraft piloted by someone who had recently suffered a seizure and was diagnosed with brain tuberculosis? The answer would be an emphatic NO.
Meet SpiceJet captain Abhishek Poyekar (26). The gentleman has not only kept his medical condition hidden from the airline management, but has been flying planes for the past six months against doctors' advice.
Poyekar was first diagnosed with tuberculosis at Mumbai's Hinduja hospital in mid-May this year. While under treatment, he kept flying and within ten days of diagnosis, he had a seizure hours after landing a Mumbai-Amritsar-Srinagar-Amritsar-Mumbai flight! He was then taken to Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, where it came to light that the infection had spread to his brain and that he was now having tuberculosis of the central nervous system (CNS TB). The jerky movement of Poyekar's right hand and his seizure on May 25 were attributed to the CNS TB that he was having.
In the hospital's neurology department, he was kept under observation for three days, during which the doctors carried out different tests on him, including MRI scans. Poyekar's discharge report, a copy of which is with dna, clearly states that he left the hospital on May 28 against medical advice. And, where did he go from there? Straight to the airport.
03/12/15 Abhishek Singh/Daily News & Analysis
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Meet SpiceJet captain Abhishek Poyekar (26). The gentleman has not only kept his medical condition hidden from the airline management, but has been flying planes for the past six months against doctors' advice.
Poyekar was first diagnosed with tuberculosis at Mumbai's Hinduja hospital in mid-May this year. While under treatment, he kept flying and within ten days of diagnosis, he had a seizure hours after landing a Mumbai-Amritsar-Srinagar-Amritsar-Mumbai flight! He was then taken to Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, where it came to light that the infection had spread to his brain and that he was now having tuberculosis of the central nervous system (CNS TB). The jerky movement of Poyekar's right hand and his seizure on May 25 were attributed to the CNS TB that he was having.
In the hospital's neurology department, he was kept under observation for three days, during which the doctors carried out different tests on him, including MRI scans. Poyekar's discharge report, a copy of which is with dna, clearly states that he left the hospital on May 28 against medical advice. And, where did he go from there? Straight to the airport.
03/12/15 Abhishek Singh/Daily News & Analysis
