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'Miracle Baby' Weighing Lighter Than iPad Born In UAE

Darpan News Desk IANS, 22 Nov, 2016 10:10 AM
    Doctors in a UAE hospital are celebrating the successful delivery of its smallest patient, a baby girl, weighing lighter than an iPad, just 631 gm.
     
    The "miracle baby" was born after a 26.5-week gestation, said Govinda Shenoy, head of the Neonatology Unit, Medeor24x7 Hospital.
     
    Shenoy pointed out that the mother was carrying a growth-retarded fetus with oligo-hydramnios, which creates lack of amniotic fluid around the foetus, and absent end diastolic flow, which is a condition that increases the risk of foetal and neonatal mortality. 
     
    "The timely intervention and delivery of the baby was important, as the mother, who had a high risk pregnancy, came to us displaying symptoms of sever preeclampsia, which is a pregnancy-related complication that is accompanied by high blood pressure and potential damage to organs," media reports quoted Shenoy as saying.
     
    The baby was successfully delivered by a Lower (uterine) Segment Caesarean Section (LSCS) procedure, after which both mother and infant were kept under careful observation. 
     
     
    "The baby was placed under the care of the expert neonatology team in the state-of-the-art neonatal unit," said Shenoy, who set up Medeor 24x7 Abu Dhabi's Level 3 NICU, with all its modern facilities and equipment.
     
    Mary Roberts, Senior Obstetrician at Medeor24x7 Hospital, said the mother and 'miracle baby' have so far made an extraordinary recovery. 
     
    "The mother and child have shown a remarkable recovery, with the baby's weight increasing to 2,050gm. The baby is doing really well and her parents are very grateful to the team for saving her life," Khaleej Times reported. 
     
    Roberts added that the baby, who the parents wanted to remain anonymous, has no apparent co-morbidities and is safe and sound. 
     
    "They really consider her a miracle baby. She is getting stronger."

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