COVID-19 positive woman gives birth to twins in Odisha

Berhampur (Odisha), May 13 (PT) A 32-year-old woman,who had tested positive for COVID-19 after returning fromSurat, delivered twins - a boy and a girl at a governmenthospital here on Wednesday.

While the boy died because of low birth weight, thecondition of the mother and the baby girl is stable,superintendent of the MKCG Medical College and Hospital S KMishra said.

The woman, who had returned to Odisha's Ganjamdistrict from Gujarat recently, gave birth to the babies abouttwo months ahead of her term, he said.

It was a normal delivery, after which the woman andher baby were kept in separate cabins away from otherpatients, Mishra said.

Since the woman was already infected with coronavirus,she will be shifted to a COVID-19 hospital at Sitalapalliwhile her baby will be kept in a separate facility.

The baby will be tested for coronavirus about a weeklater, Mishra said.

The woman was admitted to the MKCG Medical College andHospital on May 9 after she returned from Surat with herhusband.

She was shifted to a COVID-19 hospital on May 10 aftertest results showed that she was infected by coronavirus,officials said.

The woman was again admitted to the MKCG MedicalCollege and Hospital on Wednesday morning when she complainedof labour pain. COR SKNMM MM