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Editor, Senior Moderator
Doctors in Krakow performed an emergency caesarian section to deliver the baby of a woman struck down by swine flu. The 23-year-old mother-to-be was admitted to intensive care at the Collegium Medicum hospital in Krakow, during the first week of January. She was in the 27th week of her pregnancy. Health officials confirmed that she had swine flu, and said her condition was serious.
Rafał Niżankowski, from the Małopolska health inspectorate, told the PAP news agency on January 5 that the baby was being observed, but did not have the disease. A hospital spokesman said on the same day that the child?s mother was still in danger.
Gazeta Wyborcza Krak?w reports that the Collegium Medicum has had to borrow equipment from the John Paul II Hospital in Krakow to keep the patient alive. The vital Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) unit is most commonly used on newborn babies with lung damage, but has recently found a new use in the treatment of H1N1 sufferers.
http://www.sofiaecho.com/2011/01/11/1022855_poland-the-return-of-swine-flu
Rafał Niżankowski, from the Małopolska health inspectorate, told the PAP news agency on January 5 that the baby was being observed, but did not have the disease. A hospital spokesman said on the same day that the child?s mother was still in danger.
Gazeta Wyborcza Krak?w reports that the Collegium Medicum has had to borrow equipment from the John Paul II Hospital in Krakow to keep the patient alive. The vital Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) unit is most commonly used on newborn babies with lung damage, but has recently found a new use in the treatment of H1N1 sufferers.
http://www.sofiaecho.com/2011/01/11/1022855_poland-the-return-of-swine-flu