Mumbai hospital conducts 192 deliveries of COVID-19 +ve women
Mumbai, Jan 13: Doctors of Mumbai's Sir Jamshedji Jeejeebhoy (JJ) Hospital have conducted 192 successful deliveries of COVID-19 positive women, amid the pandemic.
None
of
the
patients
or
newborn
has
died
and
all
are
in
stable
conditions
Head
of
the
hospital's
Obstetrics
and
Gynaecology
Department
Dr
Rajshree
Katke
said,
"We
decided
to
set
up
a
makeshift
ward
for
such
women
where
they
can
be
taken
care
of."
Most of the time, the patients reach the hospital at the final stage of the maternity. Therefore, by the time their reports were out, they would have delivered the baby normally or by C-section.
Dr Katke said they feel proud in helping those pregnant women who were turned away by most of the hospitals in the city fearing they will contract infections.
"Since the outbreak of the pandemic, many hospitals had shut their maternity wards stating the pregnant women will contract infections due to which they all were running from pillar to post to get admitted. Most of the time pregnant women were referred to JJ hospital at their final stage of maternity following which we decided to set up a makeshift ward for such women where they can be taken care off," she said.
"We had no choice but to save the life of mother and child by taking pre-convention and risk," said the doctor.
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All patients were shifted to Cama Albless or St George hospitals after their deliveries were done.