GORAKHPUR: Four
Covid positive mothers delivered healthy babies at
BRD Medical College of Gorakhpur in the last three days.
The mothers and babies will be tested for Covid-19, and if negative, will then be discharged after 10 days of delivery, informed principal
Ganesh Kumar. .
A 29-year-old mother of GIDA area of Gorakhpur was found
Covid positive on Sunday. The same day she delivered twins after a C-section. As per doctors, the infants are healthy.
Kushinagar’s 28-year-old woman and her attendant were found Covid positive.
However, the woman delivered a baby by undergoing normal delivery on Saturday evening. The baby is healthy, said principal Kumar.
Two more women tested Covid positive and delivered healthy babies after caesarian surgery on Sunday and Monday.
Head of the
gynaecology and obstetrics department of BRD Medical College, Dr Vani Aditya, said, “We have asked the mothers to wear a mask, sanitize hands and breasts before feeding the baby, and only come in contact with the baby at the time of feeding.”