Raipur (IP News). Two female patients from Dhamtari and Durg gave birth to Triplets and Twins in All India Institute of Medical Sciences. This is the first time that a positive female patient gave birth to triplets in AIIMS. All five children are secure and stable. Two of the triplets are with their mother and one is under continuous observation in NICU. All three were found COVID negative in the first report. Twins are also kept in NICU for further treatment.
A 28 years old female patient from Dhamtari belongs to a middle-class family. Both husband and wife are government employees. She was admitted to AIIMS and delivered 33-week old triplets on 18th October. It was challenging for the doctors from the Neonatology Department to keep them secure from COVID-19 infection. They accepted the challenge and kept all three in NICU. After five days, two of them reunited with their mother and another one is still under observation of the specialists. All three were found COVID-19 negative in their first test. Repeat-testing will be done after some days.
In another case, a 33 years old female COVID-19 patient from Durg gave birth to twins on 19th October in AIIMS. She had a 33-week premature delivery. Both babies are suffering from Respiratory Distress Syndrome but they are in stable condition under NICU in the Neonatology Department.
Prof. (Dr.) Nitin M. Nagarkar, Director, AIIMS, Raipur congratulated the team under Incharge Dr. Phalguni Padhi. ‘Doctors in the department have proved their expertise by successfully dealing with such complex cases. We have 20 state of the art beds in NICU and another two reserved for COVID-19 positive children. Doctors in the department have done a remarkable job during the COVID-19 pandemic’, he said.
Dr. Shrikrishna, Dr. Neelkant Sen, Dr. Mazhar Hussain, Dr. Yogesh Agrawal, Dr. Prateek, and Dr. Shweta played a proactive role in taking care of the patients.
