Save the life of an Emirati girl born in the fifth month of pregnancy

The medical team in Burjil Medical City, Abu Dhabi, was able to save the life of an Emirati girl who was born in the 22nd week of pregnancy (the fifth month), where she stayed 4 and a half months in intensive care for cheer for children Six surgeries, until she left the hospital in good health and complements its growth naturally like other children.
The hospital’s statement on the details of the story stated that when the mother of the child entered Salama in the early labor, the brother of the safety of the twins did not survive, as the mother was carrying two children’s fetus and a girl. birth.
He added that Salama was born in the week only 22.5 with a weight of 500 grams, and over the next four and a half months, Salama’s small life swings amid the health difficulties within the intensive care unit for newborns in Burjeel Medical City, however, she overcame all the difficulties with the support of the skilled and loyal medical team In his work, with the support of her loving family.
Sina Saleh, the mother of Salama, said that she and her husband reside in the Ruwais area in the Al Dhafra area, and she suffered from severe abdominal pain during her fifth month of pregnancy during her visit to her father’s house in Abu Dhabi.
She added: “I quickly went to the emergency department in Burjeel Medical City, where I was shocked when I learned that I was in an early phase, until the twenty -second week and four days, I remained under medical surveillance in the hospital, under the supervision of the multidisciplinary medical team there,” noting that she felt. With great anxiety and fear for the two children from not staying alive. “
The hospital stated that the medical team provided the relevant follow -up and the necessary support for the mother to delay the birth for at least 10 days to give the two children to complete their growth a little inside the womb, but unfortunately the brother of the safety of the twins did not survive, while the girl clung to life.
For his part, Dr. Anyat Mossadegh, a consultant of newborn medicine and deputy head of the department in Burjeel Medical City, described the initial condition of safety as being very risky, saying: “Salama was born long before her time and her lungs were incomplete, as she was facing multiple medical challenges, and our biggest challenge was. It is to secure its airway, develop a ventilation strategy and manage its intolerance to nutrition. “
Safety care was based on a multidisciplinary medical approach, including doctors and newborns, respiratory therapists, physiotherapy, and pediatric specialists in general surgery specialties, heart disease, lung diseases, ophthalmology, and after overcoming critical moments such as recovery and dependence on oxygen and surgeries Multiple, a safe condition began to settle slowly.