life of a child
I was born on the 23rd week, a medical team at the Security Forces Hospital in Riyadh 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 case to enter as the fourth case of its kind that is monitored in the records Global Medical. Dr. Abeer Miqdad, a neonatal consultant at the Security Forces Hospital in Riyadh and the supervisor of the child''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 as a miscarriage, and the necessary measures were taken on this basis. Among the medical indications that were available, especially that 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 a cardiopulmonary resuscitation process, 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.
And Dr. Mekdad that these cases are usually prone to health problems in the brain, eyes or extremities, so the girl 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 must be in the range of (two and a half kilos), and the pregnancy period did not last only (23) weeks, and the child has never passed these complex conditions without complications except in three internationally documented cases of This is a rare occurrence.
And she continued: "By the grace of God, and then with the efforts of my colleagues from the hospital''s medical team, 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’s management, to the medical and nursing staff in the Neonatal Intensive Care Department, and to Dr. Abeer Miqdad for their distinguished efforts and careful supervision of the girl’s condition. He also sincerely thanked the officials at the Ministry of Interior, on top of whom is the owner His Royal Highness Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Second Deputy Minister of Interior, and His Royal Highness Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Minister of Interior, and His Royal Highness Prince Muhammad bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz, Assistant Minister of Interior for Security Affairs - may God protect them - for the continuous generous support received by this health facility Until it became a pioneering edifice that achieves a distinguished level in terms of medical work and scientific research, praying to God to place this in the balance of their good deeds.
