A baby born at 29 weeks of gestation and its mother survived a complicated delivery at the General Hospital in the municipality of Contramaestre, in the province of Santiago de Cuba, as reported on social media this Tuesday.
The Maternal and Child Care Program of Santiago de Cuba explained on its Facebook page that it was a complicated delivery, categorizing it as a dystocic birth, with the mother suffering from eclampsia.
"A nursing infant saved through the efforts of everyone at the General Hospital of Contramaestre," noted the publication.
Eclampsia is a serious complication of pregnancy that, in severe cases, can lead to seizures and coma, associated with high blood pressure and the presence of proteins in the urine (preeclampsia).
A dystocic delivery involves difficulties during childbirth that require medical intervention to ensure the safety of both the mother and the baby.
Despite the shortages in Cuban hospitals, miracles like this happen, where both the mother and the baby are saved.
In March, Cuban doctors saved the life of a newborn from Sancti Spíritus who was born with a sealed duodenum.
The little Asly Abril Alcuria was born on January 24th, and two days later, she underwent successful surgery at the Camilo Cienfuegos Provincial General Hospital.
Recently, a group of doctors in Miami saved the life of baby Lucas Hormachea by performing surgery on him while he was in his mother's uterus, in an unusual procedure carried out for the first time in Florida.
A report by Telemundo51 revealed a medical milestone that took place at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami: Lucas underwent surgery for a vascular malformation in his brain while still in the womb. The baby was born without complications five weeks later via cesarean section.
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