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Thursday, May 6, 2010

India : Flu-affected woman delivers male baby

Via The Hindu :

"A 29-year-old woman who is being treated at a private hospital here for A (H1N1) influenza gave birth to a male baby on Tuesday, Deputy Director of Health Services S. Senthilkumar said.

The delivery was induced through injections as doctors wanted to save the baby and the woman instead of opting for termination of pregnancy.

As the baby weighed only 1.7 kg, it was shifted to the neo-natal intensive care unit.

The woman was responding well to Tamiflu tablets.

She was being put on ventilator only when she experienced difficulty in breathing.

The health official said she might be off ventilator permanently in a couple of days as she was recovering fast."

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