Kulwinder Sandhu

Tribune News Service

Moga, May 1

A 38-year-old Covid-positive woman delivered a Covid-negative baby girl in the Moga district hospital last evening.

After the delivery, the woman, Sandeep Kaur of Dharamkot, has been kept at the isolation ward of the district hospital. Her baby is being looked after by the hospital staff, said Chief Medical Officer Dr Amarpreet Kaur Bajwa today.

According to the scheduled date, the pregnant woman had reported to the Civil Hospital in Kot-ise-Khan town a couple of days back for delivery. As per the guidelines, the doctors who attended to her got her tested for Covid, following which her sample came out to be Covid-positive. She was referred to the district hospital and when she suffered labour pain, gynaecologist Dr Manisha Gupta along with the para-medical staff after taking several precautions was able to do a safe delivery of the child, said the CMO.

After shifting the woman to the isolation ward, the child was tested for Covid and was found to be negative. “It was a big challenge for us, but, the doctors and the para-medical staff made special arrangements and conducted the safe delivery,” said the CMO.