Bengal Doctor Reunites With Newborn After 10-Day Battle Against Covid

Dr Arfa Sajadin, who had contracted the infection when she was 37 weeks pregnant, was put on a ventilator at Howrah's ILS Hospital just three days after her delivery.

A 25-year-old doctor in Bengal defeated Covid after being on the ventilator for 10 days and held her newborn child for the first time. Dr Arfa Sajadin, who had contracted the infection when she was 37 weeks pregnant, was put on a ventilator at Howrah's ILS Hospital just three days after her delivery. Dr Kaushik Naha Biswas, Critical Care Consultant, ILS Hospital said that Dr Arfa developed disseminated intravascular coagulation and had to be put on a ventilator for 10 days. "25-year-old doctor Arfa Sajadin had been put on a ventilator. The doctor was 37 weeks pregnant when she was infected and had very poor glycemic control (a medical term referring to the typical levels of blood sugar (glucose) in a person with diabetes mellitus). Looking at her condition, a Caesarian operation had to be performed on her," Dr Biswas told news agency ANI over the phone.