Baby Born at 23 Weeks Successfully Discharged – A Landmark in Indian Neonatal Care
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], September 5: Medicover Woman & Child Hospitals, Hitech City, Hyderabad, proudly announces a breakthrough in neonatal medicine — the successful discharge of a baby girl born at just 23 weeks of gestation. Survival at such an extremely premature stage is exceptionally rare worldwide, making this a landmark achievement for Indian neonatal healthcare.
The baby, born on April 18, 2025, weighing only 565 grams at birth, was admitted immediately to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Her journey included 6 days of invasive ventilation, 78 days of Bubble CPAP and HFNC support, treatment for minor infections, blood transfusions, and continuous monitoring of her heart, brain, and retinal development. A cardiac complication (patent ductus arteriosus) was succes...