HYDERABAD, India, July 20, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --
In yet another medical marvel reported out of India, Hyderabad has become the home to South East Asia's smallest baby delivered at Rainbow Children's Hospital in Hyderabad. The baby girl Cherry was born to proud parents Nitika and Saurabh hailing from Chhattisgarh. She was born premature at 25 weeks gestation (nearly 4 months earlier than expected date), and received extensive care at the hands of a multi-disciplinary team of medical experts led by Dr. Dinesh Kumar Chirla, Director Intensive Care Services at Rainbow Hospitals. The baby was discharged weighing 1.980 Kg.
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This was Nitika's fifth pregnancy and previously she had four abortions. This was her only chance of having a baby. For around 24 weeks the ultrasound showed that there was very less amniotic fluid around baby. She weighed just 350 grams and the blood that flows from mother to baby was severely compromised. There was very less possibility of the baby to survive in the womb. The couple consulted many hospitals and doctors. However, no one was ready to take the case as the chance of survival of the baby was very low. They were than referred to Rainbow Children's Hospital.
The parents then met Neonatologist in Rainbow Children's Hospital. The team assured the couple that they had routinely manage babies born as early as 24 to 25 weeks of gestation. However, the smallest baby saved earlier at Rainbow was 449 grams. Additionally, the Neonatal team was ready to take up the case and Nitika was also advised to deliver in Perinatal Centre at Rainbow hospitals. Nitika was shifted in ambulance and brought to Rainbow Hospital.
The Perinatal team comprising of anaesthetist, senior gynaecologist and neonatologist all came together to make a detail plan of delivery. On 27th February, Nitika delivered a baby girl weighing 375 grams. She was only 20 cms in length and fitted in the palm of the hands. Parents were assured that the hospital is going to go through this journey together with them.
Speaking about Cherry's case, Dr. Ramesh Kancharla, Chairman and Managing Director, Rainbow Group of Hospitals said, "We are able to send a baby who is born with birth weight as small as 375 grams home because of our advance perinatal center." He said, "Close to 20 years of hard work has gone in to developing such expertise to save small babies. We need a team of committed Obstetrician, anaesthetist, foetal medicine specialist and neonatologist to achieve such results". He added, "a very dedicated and committed Nursing team was instrumental in saving Cherry. The Neonatal Intensive Care unit is the most advance and well equipped in the country and has the most qualified team of expert neonatologist." He also mentioned, "Rainbow is striving each year in establishing clinical excellence in Neonatal, Pediatric and Obstetric care and raising the benchmark."
Elaborating on the case, Dr. Dinesh Kumar Chirla, Director Intensive Care Services, Rainbow Hospital said, "The initial 3-4 days post birth are very crucial as babies are most fragile during this time. Specially, in this case, there were many health challenges like drop in the oxygen and BP level. Owing to the size of the baby, we had to find the smallest possible breathing tube to be inserted. Moreover, the baby had a breathing problem (PDA) which normally closes in everyone after birth but did not close and was large in Cherry's case causing oxygenation problem for which we had to give special medication and keep the baby under a ventilator for breathing support. Fortunately for this child, there was no bleeding in the brain."
On Day 5, Cherry had bleeding in her lungs and needed to be shifted to special ventilator called High Frequency Oscillation ventilator. She was successfully managed. However, she needed ventilator for nearly 105 days. She had many emergencies from which she was successfully saved.
Cherry's case was a particularly complicated one with multiple hurdles including jaundice, feeding difficulties, multiple blood transfusion and chronic lung disease. With expert care from the medical team at Rainbow Hospitals, Cherry steadily gained weight and moved towards normalcy. She was discharged home after spending 128 days in hospital. She is now breathing without support. She is feeding directly and is maintaining temperature and looks like any other normal baby. On follow up, she was weighed 2.14 kg.
Expressing her joy, Cherry's mother, Nitika exclaimed, "We had completely lost hope until we met the doctors at Rainbow Hospital. I never thought I would see my baby alive. After going through so many odds, she finally is coming home. I am extremely thankful to the team of experts at Rainbow Hospital who took immense care of her, and we have decided to keep the name Cherry." Cherry's father persistence, patience and blind faith were key factor in baby's survival. Expressing his happiness on sending cherry home, Dr. Dinesh Kumar Chirla, Director Intensive Care Services, Rainbow Hospitals thanked his team and said, "We are able to send Cherry home because of the TEAM work. Round the clock cover by expert Neonatologist and excellent nursing care with support of advance infrastructure and in-house obstetric and fetal medicine team. There was huge team of Gynecologists and Neonatologists to help and were key in sending Cherry home."
From its inception, Rainbow Hospitals has saved well over 5000 preterm babies, some of them who were too small and critical to survive. To observe the occasion of 'World Prematurity Day' in 2016, Rainbow Hospitals, mobilized a gathering of 445 kids born Premature under one roof to observe and to raise awareness about issues associated with the premature birth. It is the largest ever gathering of prematurely born babies under one roof. This broke the four year old record of 386 babies set out in Argentina in the year 2012. The record is very special recognition to the dedicated service rendered by the doctors, nurses and staff at Rainbow Hospitals who believe that every child has the right to survive.
About Rainbow Children's Hospital:
Rainbow Group's successful journey began on 14th November, 1999 when it established the first tertiary care children's hospital in Hyderabad with specialized health care services for infants, children and young adults. Today, Rainbow Hospitals is India's largest specialized paediatric and maternity care group with 1000 plus beds, with 30% of beds dedicated to Neonatal and paediatric Intensive care services. The group of hospitals is spread across Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Vijayawada, Delhi and will be arriving soon in Chennai at West Saidapet. Rainbow is also India's first Children's Hospital with NABH Accreditation with clinical outcomes very close to the developed countries.
The 15 plus inpatient super specialties and specialties for child care include; Neonatology, Paediatric Intensive Care, Neonatal Intensive Care, Neurology, Gastroenterology, Nephrology, Haematology and Oncology, Paediatric Surgery, Cardiology and Nutrition. Equipped with state-of-the-art equipment in medical technology and backed by the expertise of their doctors and consultants across a range of clinical specialties, they strive towards making you choose them as the ultimate choice whenever you seek excellence in health care for children. Their team of dedicated doctors and specialized crew make the gynaecology department immaculate and coupled with an excellent obstetric and foetal medicine team; the best service is rendered to women. The hospital also prepares expecting mothers for childbearing and makes it a pleasurable journey throughout.
The robust services of the Rainbow group of hospitals are received by over 7 lakh outpatients with 50,000 inpatient admissions each year. With more than 3000 surgical procedures and 8000 ICU admissions annually, the hospital strives to give expert care to those walking through its doors. Over the last 19 years, Rainbow Children's Hospital has emerged as the leading and most acclaimed children's hospital in the country with outstanding recognition and awards including the Guinness World Records for the largest gathering of people born prematurely were achieved by Rainbow Hospital in Hyderabad, Telengana India on 17th November 2016. Rainbow Hospitals have also been the recipients of ICICI Lombard and CNBC-TV 18 India Healthcare awards Best Single Specialty Hospital in 2010, 2014 and 2018 along with VCCircle healthcare awards - Single Specialty Service Company of the Year in 2016.
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