By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: 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.
