AIIMS
One infant, born at just 24 weeks of gestation and weighing 600 grams, is the youngest survivor by gestational age ever cared for at the hospital’s NICU, according to hospital adminsitration. The third baby, born at 26 weeks and weighing just 630 grams, was brought to AIIMS Nagpur in critical condition.
After weeks of treatment and close monitoring, the baby recovered and was discharged in good health, doctors said. Two were born at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Nagpur and admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) immediately after birth, while the third was brought to the hospital in critical condition on the fourth day of life. All three were discharged after nearly three months of intensive care. The babies required prolonged breathing support and round-the-clock care as they battled severe complications, including patent ductus arteriosus (a heart vessel that fails to close after birth), retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), an eye disorder, and bronchopulmonary dysplasia, a chronic lung disease. A multidisciplinary team managed these complications through vigilant monitoring and timely intervention, helping the infants gradually gain strength. The infant’s survival holds special significance for the family: the mother’s eighth pregnancy followed the devastating loss of seven previous pregnancies. Desperate to save her baby, she travelled from outside Maharashtra to seek specialised care at the institute. Faculty members from the department of neonatology — Dr Nishant Banait, Dr Sanjana Somanath, Dr Amit Kumar and Dr Arun Edwin — worked alongside resident doctors, nursing officers and support staff throughout the infants’ treatment.