The 25-year-old was being handled on the ICU (Representational)
Kolkata:
A 25-year-old physician in Bengal defeated Covid after being on the ventilator for 10 days and held her new child little one for the primary time.
Dr Arfa Sajadin, who had contracted the an infection when she was 37 weeks pregnant, was placed on a ventilator at Howrah’s ILS Hospital simply three days after her supply.
Dr Kaushik Naha Biswas, Critical Care Consultant, ILS Hospital stated that Dr Arfa developed disseminated intravascular coagulation and needed to be placed on a ventilator for 10 days.
“25-year-old doctor Arfa Sajadin had been put on a ventilator. The doctor was 37 weeks pregnant when she was infected and had very poor glycemic control (a medical term referring to the typical levels of blood sugar (glucose) in a person with diabetes mellitus). Looking at her condition, a Caesarian operation had to be performed on her,” Dr Biswas instructed information company ANI over the cellphone.
“Everyone had lost hope. She stayed on mechanical support of ventilator for 10 days and despite various complications and lung infection, she finally defeated the virus,” he stated.
Dr Biswas stated that the newborn had examined unfavorable for COVID-19.
Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is a uncommon however severe situation that causes irregular blood clotting all through the physique’s blood vessels. It is brought on by one other illness or situation, similar to an an infection or damage, that makes the physique’s regular blood clotting course of grow to be overactive.
While the 25-year-old was being handled on the ICU, medical doctors used to encourage her.
“We used to talk to her and tell her that she is a fighter and should not give up. We would tell her your baby is waiting and finally, she defeated the virus,” added Dr Biswas.
