Covid patient delivers baby boy in Udupi

Mangaluru/Udupi: A week after a baby was born to a Covid-19 patient in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi followed suit with a patient giving birth to a healthy baby boy at TMA Hospital, the designated Covid-19 hospital. The two coastal districts added a dozen new cases to their tally of existing Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, with Dakshina Kannada accounting for eight and Udupi four.
The 22-year-old woman underwent emergency Cesarean delivery. She hails from Karkala, and was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday. She is recovering. It was necessary to carry out emergency surgery due to obstetric reasons.
This is the first surgery performed on a Covid-19 patient in Udupi. The team of obstetric surgeons included Dr Shashikala K Bhat and Dr Surbhi Sinha, and the anaesthesiologist Dr Roshan Shetty, and they were assisted by a nursing team comprising Veronica, Ashwini and Jayashree. Paediatric care was given to the newborn baby by Dr Ashish Gupta and Dr Chaitanya.
Udupi deputy commissioner G Jagadeesha said while lauding the medical team at TMA Pai Hospital for handling a critical case, that they have appraised him of steps that will be taken to prevent the infant from contracting the disease. “We will test the child before the mother and child are discharged from the hospital,” the DC said, recalling they had successfully treated the first case of a pregnant woman from Uttara Kannada, before discharging her.
Referring to the total cases in the district on the day, Jagadeesha said three cases were reported from among those who returned from Mumbai, and one case is a primary contact of a previous case. Since Maharashtra returnees form a special category, they were tested and found positive, the DC said. Udupi presently has 130 active cases out of 1,039 total positive cases reported thus far, with 908 patients haven been discharged, and one confirmed as a positive case after death.
Out of the 80 test reports received during the day, eight were positive, said Dakshina Kannada DC Sindhu B Rupesh. Five of these cases are primary contacts of earlier patients, and two are returnees from Saudi Arabia on June 8 and one patient returned from Mumbai. A patient was discharged during the day, taking total number of those discharged to 170. Two patients are in the ICU at the Covid hospital, and Dakshina Kannada has 209 active cases at present.