A seven-day-old baby girl has defeated Covid-19 less than a week after losing her mother to the deadly virus in Brahmapur.
The baby was discharged from the MKCG Medical College Hospital on Friday following her complete recovery. Currently, she is in care of his father K Harikrushna and maternal grandmother, informed Dr Sunil Agarwal, senior paediatrician of the hospital. The baby’s mother Diptimayi Devi of Padarbali gram panchayat under Kukudakhandi block in Ganjam district was an Angwanwadi Worker. She infected with virus during her pregnancy. She was admitted to MKCG Hospital, where she safely gave birth to baby on May 29. But her condition deteriorated and she died next day Meanwhile, 24 hours after baby’s birth, she underwent Covid test and result came out positive. However, she recovered slowly and was completely cured of infection on June 4.
Her deceased Covid warrior mother has also left behind a four-year-old daughter. Ganjam Collector Amruta Kulange visited the youngest Covid survivor on Saturday and provided financial aid of Rs 20,000, said baby’s father K Harikrushna, who is a resident of Gajapati district.
Earlier, two newborns infected with Covid had succumbed to the virus at the MKCG Hospital. Hence, a doctors’ team had tried their best to give a new lease of life to the deceased Covid warrior’s baby.