more-inFor the team of doctors, the survival of the baby was not just a challenge but a mission. The message behind the mission is “babies that are grossly under weight and are born even two months premature can survive”. The survival rate of such underweight and pre-term babies is very low. Paediatrician and neonatologist Vami Sivarama Raju said the baby had to be given fat and protein intravenously. Head of the Intensive Care Services Dinesh Chirla said the group of hospitals had treated successfully 750 pre-term babies.

Source: The Hindu February 21, 2018 19:41 UTC