Post by shahadat560 on Jan 15, 2024 23:19:08 GMT -8
A premature baby of only 23 weeks, who was born in Peru with just 580 grams of weight and was infected by the coronavirus, managed to overcome Covid-19 and be reunited with his mother, the Social Health Security (EsSalud) of Peru reported this Friday. .
Jorge, as this newborn is called, is the lightest baby registered at the Edgardo Rebagliati Hospital in Lima, the largest in Peru.
After a month in an incubator in the neonatal intensive Country Email List care unit, she now weighs 930 grams and was able to reunite with her 27-year-old mother, who also overcame the SARS-CoV-2 virus during this time, during which she was isolated in the area of gynecology.
"The prognoses were not encouraging but today we have reached the month mark and we are here fighting hard together with the doctors ," said Lissy, the baby's mother.
This child, who still needs respiratory support, was born on June 15 with less than six months of gestation as a result of severe preeclampsia and Hellp syndrome that forced his mother's pregnancy to be terminated.
"It is the smallest baby born to a mother with a positive diagnosis for Covid-19 and the smallest that our unit has ever received," confirmed doctor Marilú Pachas, from the Neonatal ICU Service of the Lima hospital.
"His lungs are recovering ," said the specialist after the latest molecular tests performed on the baby were negative for coronavirus.
In accordance with the hospital's biosafety protocols, parents receive reports on the child's progress three times a week. However, in-person visits will be scheduled and on other occasions you will be contacted with video calls.
Peru is the fifth country in the world and the second in Latin America with the most confirmed cases of Covid-19, accumulating more than 345,000 infections and about 12,800 deaths.
Jorge, as this newborn is called, is the lightest baby registered at the Edgardo Rebagliati Hospital in Lima, the largest in Peru.
After a month in an incubator in the neonatal intensive Country Email List care unit, she now weighs 930 grams and was able to reunite with her 27-year-old mother, who also overcame the SARS-CoV-2 virus during this time, during which she was isolated in the area of gynecology.
"The prognoses were not encouraging but today we have reached the month mark and we are here fighting hard together with the doctors ," said Lissy, the baby's mother.
This child, who still needs respiratory support, was born on June 15 with less than six months of gestation as a result of severe preeclampsia and Hellp syndrome that forced his mother's pregnancy to be terminated.
"It is the smallest baby born to a mother with a positive diagnosis for Covid-19 and the smallest that our unit has ever received," confirmed doctor Marilú Pachas, from the Neonatal ICU Service of the Lima hospital.
"His lungs are recovering ," said the specialist after the latest molecular tests performed on the baby were negative for coronavirus.
In accordance with the hospital's biosafety protocols, parents receive reports on the child's progress three times a week. However, in-person visits will be scheduled and on other occasions you will be contacted with video calls.
Peru is the fifth country in the world and the second in Latin America with the most confirmed cases of Covid-19, accumulating more than 345,000 infections and about 12,800 deaths.