"fourth case in the world"
A medical team at the Security Forces Hospital in Riyadh has succeeded in preserving the life of a premature baby, born in the 23rd week of pregnancy and weighing 490 grams (much less than the normal weight of newborns) in a rare medical condition, to enter as the fourth case of its kind that is monitored in medical records Globalism. Dr. Abeer Miqdad, a neonatal consultant at the Security Forces Hospital in Riyadh and the supervisor of the girl’s case, explained that a 32-year-old Saudi woman went to the emergency department after feeling symptoms of childbirth and immediately a medical team was formed and carried out the necessary checks, considering the case to be a miscarriage and took the necessary measures on this. The basis is based on the medical indications that were available, especially since she was only 23 weeks pregnant. She added: “After the examination, it was found that the fetus is alive and in a critical condition that requires dealing with it with utmost care and accuracy, so the birth took place, and immediately the child underwent cardiopulmonary resuscitation, after urgent examinations, it was found that she is in urgent need of superior and intense medical care, so she was admitted to the care department. Baby concentrate because she is premature babies who are vulnerable to many health problems due to the incomplete growth of their various organ functions, as she was born underdeveloped. # 2 # Confirmed Dr. Mekdad that these cases are usually prone to health problems in the brain, eyes, or extremities, so the child was placed on ventilators and central parenteral nutrition in the nursery. And Dr. said. Mekdad The weight of the child is much less than the normal weight, which should be in the range of (2.5 kg), and the pregnancy period did not last only 23 weeks, and a child has never passed these complex conditions without complications except in three internationally documented cases, which is considered a rare thing. Occurrence. And she continued: “By the grace of God, and then with the efforts of my colleagues from the medical team at the hospital, this child passed the risk stage after staying for five months in the pediatric intensive care unit, and even left the hospital in good health and an ideal weight. For his part, the girl’s father, Hassan Ahmed Al-Shehri, expressed his thanks and appreciation to the hospital administration, to the medical and nursing staff in the Neonatal Intensive Care Department, and to Dr. Abeer Miqdad for their distinguished efforts and close supervision over the child''s condition.
