New Delhi|HL
A coronavirus positive female doctor has given birth to a baby at All India Institute of Medical Science,New Delhi on Friday evening.
Dr Neerja Bhatla, Senior Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at AIIMS who led the team which carried out the delivery said the baby boy was born on a week early, through C-section and is doing fine so far.
When asked if the baby’s sample would be tested for COVID-19, she said, “We are going to monitor his condition and look out for symptoms. So far the baby is doing fine.”
According to doctors, this is the first baby to be born to a coronavirus infected woman in Delhi.
The baby’s mother who was nine-months pregnant had tested positive on Thursday after her husband, a senior resident doctor working in the department of physiology at AIIMS, was found to be infected with the virus. The doctor’s brother has also tested positive for the respiratory infection.
Prof.D.K.Sharma, Medical Superintendent, AIIMS told our team of doctors has taken proper precautions and followed the protocol while delivery.
The 29-year-old mother was nine months pregnant when she tested positive in this week. Thereafter she has been kept in isolation at the institute, along with her three-year-old daughter, and the husband, besides her brother-in-law – also infected with the disease. With only a week short of completing her full term of pregnancy, the doctors decided to go ahead with a C-section.
According to news reports, “A team of 10 doctors was deputed to deal with the case.” She is also said to be the first pregnant woman to be COVID-19 positive in Delhi.
“Both the mother and the baby are healthy. The baby was delivered a week early, through C-section. At present, the infant has been kept with the mother since he will require breastfeeding. So far, there is no evidence that the infection can be transmitted through breastfeeding. While the mother has tested positive for COVID-19, she is a symptomatic. We will be collecting samples of the in fact too,” a senior doctor from AIIMS
