A woman, who was intubated in the Attica Hospital due to infection with covid - 19, gave birth prematurely.
Mother and baby, after twenty days of hospitalization in the Intensive Care Unit, are in excellent condition.
This is the first incident in Greece and the second internationally, as a similar incident has been reported in the US.
According to the announcement of the director of the 28rd University Obstetrics-Gynecology Clinic in "Attikon", Sofia Kalantaridou, the woman at XNUMX weeks of pregnancy presented with severe shortness of breath and fever, at which time she was diagnosed with an infection. COVID-19. At 29 weeks of gestation, intubation and mechanical ventilation of the pregnant woman were deemed necessary, while after a medical council it was decided to continue the pregnancy.
Three days later, the pregnant woman showed signs of labor, at which point an emergency caesarean section was performed and a baby boy weighing 1.300 grams was born. The baby, who has not been infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, continues to be treated in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the XNUMXrd Pediatric Clinic of EKPA in good condition.