A baby born at 29 weeks gestation and his mother survived a complicated delivery at the General Hospital of the municipality of Contramaestre, in the province of Santiago de Cuba, as reported on Tuesday on social media.
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.
"Infant saved with the efforts of everyone at the General Hospital of Contramaestre," the publication stated.
Eclampsia is a serious complication of pregnancy that, in severe cases, can cause seizures and coma, associated with high blood pressure and the presence of proteins in the urine (preeclampsia).
On the other hand, 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 the mother and the baby are saved.
Last March, Cuban doctors saved the life of a newborn from Sancti Spiritus who was born with a sealed duodenum.
The little Asly Abril Alcuria was born on January 24th and two days later she underwent a successful operation at the General Provincial Hospital Camilo Cienfuegos.
Recently, a group of Miami doctors saved the life of baby Lucas Hormachea by operating on him inside his mother's womb, Cuban Lainey Ramos Arango, in an unusual surgery performed for the first time in Florida.
A report by Telemundo51 revealed the medical milestone that took place at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami: Lucas underwent surgery for a malformation of the blood vessels in the brain while still in the mother's womb. The baby was born without complications five weeks later, via cesarean section.
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