Covid mom goes home with baby

Surat : She was yearning to hold her new-born baby boy in her arms, but could not do so as she had tested positive for coronavirus. Finally, Thursday came as a big relief for 26-year-old Rashmi Patel, a staff nurse at a private hospital in Chikhli town, when she snuggled her son and broke into tears of joy.
Patel, a resident of Hanuman Faliya in Tankal village of Chikhli taluka, had tested positive on April 28 and shifted to the isolation ward of MGG Covid-19 hospitalin Navsari. Her husband, Jatin Patel, who runs a business of iron welding, however, tested negative on April 29.
On May 1, she gave birth to a baby boy. “Thankfully, the baby also tested negative for the infection, said senior gynaecologist of hospital, Dr Nehal Patel.
“Since the mother was infected, we were not bringing the baby close to her. . We were elated when she tested negative and was discharged from the hospital,” Dr Patel added.
Talking to TOI, Jatin said, “She had no symptoms of the virus. But she may have got infected from the hospital where she is working as nurse. I am relieved that she has recovered and our child will get proper nourishment of mother’s milk.”