Dubai: A three-month-old baby has become the first infant in Oman to be put on ventilator due to being infected with COVID-19, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital announced yesterday. We have received children infected with COVID-19 earlier, but this case is considered the first because the child is on ventilator where the child does not take the appropriate amount of oxygen even with the machine, said Dr. Badr Nasser Al Ghailani, Head of the Intensive Care Department at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital. We try to remove the child from the machine, but the child’s body is small and do not have the ability to depend on herself for breathing, he added.
By: Times News Service
Muscat: Sultan Qaboos University Hospital has registered a three month old infant as the first case on ventilator due to coronavirus.
Dr.Badr Nasser al Ghailani, Head of the Intensive Care Department at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, said in an interview with Oman TV that : A 3-month-old child was infected with Corona, which is considered the first child on ventilator. We have received children infected with COVID-19 earlier , but this case is considered the first because the child is on ventilator where the child does not take the appropriate amount of oxygen even with the machine. We try to remove the child from the machine, but the child s body is small and do not have the ability to depend on herself for breathing.