COVID-19 Positive Mother in Her 40s Gives Birth... Baby's Health Concerned Due to Pneumonia Symptoms?

COVID-19 Positive Mother Undergoing Delivery Surgery [Image Source=Changwon Gyeongsang National University Hospital]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Ju-cheol In] A woman in her 40s who showed pneumonia symptoms after testing positive for the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) safely gave birth with the help of medical staff. Fortunately, the newborn tested negative.

According to Changwon Gyeongsang National University Hospital in Gyeongnam on the 6th, a 35-week pregnant woman, Ms. A, gave birth at this hospital at 7:35 p.m. on December 24, last year, a day before Christmas.

Ms. A first showed respiratory symptoms such as coughing on December 17, last year, while hospitalized at an obstetrics and gynecology hospital in Changwon. With health issues arising a month before her due date, Ms. A was transferred to a university hospital in Busan on the 24th for delivery, where she was diagnosed with pneumonia and tested positive for COVID-19.

On the day she was confirmed positive, Ms. A was transferred back to Changwon Gyeongsang National University Hospital. This hospital has a track record of successfully performing three COVID-19 positive delivery surgeries.

Eleven specialized medical staff from the obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, anesthesiology, operating room, and infection control departments at Changwon Gyeongsang National University Hospital participated in Ms. A’s delivery surgery.

This is 2 to 3 times more personnel than usual surgeries. The medical staff wore protective suits, sterile gowns, and respiratory protective equipment while performing the cesarean section.

After a 1 hour and 30 minute surgery, the mother gave birth to a baby girl, completed COVID-19 treatment safely in a negative pressure isolation room, and was discharged in good health on the 4th. The baby also tested negative in the first and second COVID-19 tests and was discharged healthy into the family’s care.

Professor Hyun-chul Jo of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, who performed the surgery, said, “Wearing protective suits made movement more difficult than a regular cesarean section, but because we thoroughly prepared for surgery on a COVID-19 patient, the surgery itself was not very difficult,” and added, “I am grateful to the mother who had to give birth under difficult and unfamiliar circumstances and to the baby who was born healthy.”

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