Kolkata: Columbia Asia Hospitals, Kolkata, encountered a unique case of a 27week old male baby, Baby of Boby Kundu Saha, suffering from multiple health complications. On 10th June 2021, the baby was delivered with a weight of 1.05 kgs.
The new-born suffered from intense bleeding under the skin as well as in the mouth and stomach. Due to the extremely poor condition of the infant, he was given resuscitation with positive pressure ventilation, aiding the infant to breathe.
He was also given surfactant (a complex with a unique phospholipid and protein composition) and kept on ventilator for the next 6 days due to severe respiratory distress. Post this, the infant was kept on continuous positive airway pressure therapy (CPAP) for 29 days because of Apnoea of prematurity (a condition where a premature baby pauses breathing for significant duration resulting in slow heart rate and low oxygen level).
Due to his frail condition and bleeding disorder, the infant…