A pregnant woman who had recently tested positive for the coronavirus gave birth to a healthy baby at the Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi (DRPCHK) on Sunday.
According to the details, the newborn and the mother both were in stable condition after the normal delivery. However, staff members who took part in the delivery have been advised to remain in quarantine whereas four doctors and two nurses will be tested for coronavirus on Monday.
It may be mentioned here that this was the first case of a confirmed coronavirus patient giving birth in the city.
“This woman had already tested positive but we have also directed our staff to deal with every patient in the emergency ward by considering them a suspected patient and follow the protocols accordingly,” a hospital doctor told a local news outlet who also said that all patients coming to the hospital’s emergency room would be tested for the virus.
“The disease is spreading so quickly through local transmission that we do not know who has it and who doesn’t,” he explained.
DRPCHK is one of the major hospitals in the city for women giving birth through normal and caesarean deliveries, with many complicated cases referred to it.
According to a senior doctor deputed there, the burden on the hospital has multiplied after the lockdown as several private clinics have been closed.
Furthermore, at least 23 staff members of the hospital, including six doctors, have tested positive for coronavirus so far. The hospital management have stated that all infected staff members are in stable condition, while the first person to test positive there, a driver, has recovered and is set to resume his duties from Monday.
