(Riya Saha, Intern Journalist)Ranchi: A nine-day-old baby boy recovered from Covid-19 at RIMS.
The baby was born to a Covid-19 diagnosed mother from Koderma on June 16, the baby was brought to RIMS on June 20 by his grandmother after he developed symptoms of jaundice. The mother was then undergoing treatment at Paras hospital, a private and dedicated Covid hospital in the city’s Dhurwa area.
Dr. Kiran Das, the in-charge of neonatal care at Rims, said, “As a precautionary step, we decided to conduct a Covid-19 test on the baby.”
Das added, “The boy was suffering from physiological jaundice, which is normal for newborns. But after his Covid report returned positive, we decided to admit him to the Covid-19 neonatal nursery.”
Rims Covid nursery has six beds, Das said and highlighted that the baby boy was the first to be admitted at the facility. On the line of his treatment, the doctor said, “Since his weight wasn’t a concern, we only ensured basic nursing and he was fed at regular intervals. On June 24, we went for another confirmatory test on an RT-PCR machine and the report was negative.”
The child has been discharged from RIMS on Friday.
“This is probably also the first case of its kind in the state. We received about 17 to 18 babies born of Covid-19 positive mothers in recent times, but no newborn had tested positive. In many cases, we even allowed Covid-positive mothers to keep and feed the child after taking the necessary precautions. But even those babies did not test positive. This was a unique case in that respect,” Das said.
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