Tiny fighter: SUM Hospital doctors save 1.47-kg premature baby girl after complex lung surgery

Bhubaneswar, Nov 5 (UNI) Doctors at SUM Hospital, Bhubaneswar, have scripted a remarkable medical success by saving a premature baby girl weighing just 1,476 grams at birth. Born with a rare congenital lung disorder, the newborn underwent a complex lung surgery and overcame multiple life-threatening complications following weeks of intensive medical care and dedicated teamwork. The baby, delivered at 34 completed weeks of gestation through an emergency Lower Segment Caesarean Section (LSCS), was born to a 28-year-old first-time mother following an in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) conception. Soon after birth, the newborn developed severe respiratory complications and required immediate intubation and mechanical…