SUM Hospital gives new lease of life to 25-week-old pre-term baby born weighing 560 gms
Bhubaneswar: Pediatricians at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital have been able to battle heavy odds to save the life of a premature baby boy who weighed just 560 grams at birth.
The baby, conceived through in-vitro fertilization (IVF), was born through Caesarean Section after 25 completed weeks and the low weight caused its condition to turn critical.
“We put the baby in invasive ventilation in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit immediately for a prolonged period as it developed all complications of pre-mature birth,” Dr Debasish Nanda, Head of Department of Neonatology in the hospital said.
The baby was put on non-invasive ventilation for almost four months as survival of such babies was less than 50 percent, he said adding “it was great that we could save the life of the baby through continuous effort.”
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