Bhubaneswar, Nov. 6: Doctors and nursing team at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital-1 here have successfully turned around a premature male baby weighing 700 grams at birth who was admitted into the hospital in a critical condition.
Born at 25 weeks to a woman from Kendrapara district, the baby received treatment at two other hospitals before being admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of IMS and SUM Hospital-1 in a critical condition, hospital sources said.
The baby required respiratory support for an extended duration and was on non-intensive ventilation for nearly two and half months as he experienced all complications associated with prematurity. The doctors and nurses at the NICU closely monitored the baby’s condition.
The survival rate at this gestational age is less than 50 per cent. The baby was discharged after spending 100 days in the NICU.
The medical team who treated the baby led by Dr. Debasish Nanda, Head of the Department, included Dr. Ratan Das, Dr. Vijay Kumar, Dr. Bineet Panigrahi, Dr. Bhabagrahi Mallick, Dr. Shruti Kar, Dr. Payal Pradhan, Dr. Debi Prasad Sahoo, Dr. Suresh Tripathy, Dr. Sitikantha Nayak, Dr. Pujitha J, Dr. Sarath Chandrika and Dr. Kalpita Sahoo.
Dr. Nanda expressd his satisfaction and congratulated the team for successfully tackling the problems the baby faced.
Prof. (Dr.) Sanghamitra Mishra, Dean of IMS and SUM Hospital-1, and Prof. (Dr.) Pusparaj Samantasinghar, Medical Superintendent, provided essential technical and logistical support during the baby’s care.
