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India's smallest and youngest baby born after 22 weeks

India's smallest and youngest baby born after 22 weeks

This boy from Mumbai has been is being called as miracle baby after he fought for his life for 132 days in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at a city hospital. Nirvaan, India's smallest and youngest pre-term baby who was born after 22 weeks only, has a normal brain, vision, hearing and potential for long-term neurological development.

According to doctors, Nirvaan was treated by a team of 14 doctors and 50 nursing staff. The baby, who was born on May 12, 2017 during the 22nd week of pregnancy, had a birth weight of 610 gms, with 22 cm head size and a length of 32 cm.

"Nirvaan had immature lungs at birth requiring ventilatory support right from the labour room. He required respiratory support for 12 weeks which included six weeks of ventilator support. Multiple doses of surfactant injections were instilled into the breathing tube to expand his lungs," said Bhupendra Avasthi, Director of Surya Child Care, Surya Hospital.

Explaining the complications, Avasthi said the patient survived life threatening events such as pneumothorax (air accumulation around the lungs) and brain bleeds to emerge as a victor. Read More...

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