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MUMBAI: The second wave of Covid-19 proved deadlier for pregnant women with more deaths and ICU admissions compared to the previous year, a study by two city institutes has concluded.
In the light of their findings, researchers said the vaccination of pregnant women must be prioritised. After much hesitation, the central government recently gave its nod for vaccination of pregnant women. State officials said preparations are underway to start it next week.
A joint analysis by the civic-run BYL Nair Hospital and ICMR-National Institute of Research in Reproductive Health has shown that the case fatality rate (CFR) among pregnant women rose nearly eight times while severe Covid cases were at least five times more in the second wave. The findings were recently published in the official journal of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
Marking a significant achievement, the civic-run BYL Nair Charitable Hospital has just completed its 1025th safe delivery for a woman infected by Covid-19 - and may walk into record books, excited officials said.The first such delivery of an .
How Covid positive expectant moms beat the virus
Lata MishraMumbai Mirror
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The Mumbai hospital stepped up when every other hospital in the city was turning away Covid positive pregnant women. This is the story of a remarkable effort made by a brave team of doctors and nurses
The middle-aged man was on the verge of breaking down. Seven hospitals had refused to admit his pregnant wife because she was Covid-19 positive. Crucial time had been lost - time that should have been used to put her on a ventilator to stabilise her plummeting oxygen saturation levels. Twenty-four hours later, despite all efforts by doctors at B Y L Nair Hospital in Mumbai’s Parel, the woman died. The baby could not be saved either because a caesarian was not possible with the acute respiratory distress the mother was in.