DJ Venkatesh
Diglipur, Nov 12: The expecting mothers of Diglipur Island, who were offloaded from DSS Vessel yesterday, were taken back to CHC Diglipur. Out of three such cases, two deliveries were conducted successfully within 12 hours at CHC Diglipur.
Yesterday night one of the mothers, who was having a post dated delivery, gave birth to a baby with the assistance of doctors and medical team. Today morning another mother, who had a premature baby of 32 weeks with breech presentation, delivered a baby girl of 1.2kg. Due to lack of pediatrician at Diglipur, she was today referred to sick new Baby care unit (SNCU) at GB Pant hospital at Port Blair.
Sources said that in present weather condition taking such cases would have been a risky affair and because of cyclonic winds the sea was very rough.
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