CALI, June 28 — Diana Angola was fighting for her own life when she gave birth to son Jefferson. The 36-year-old had been put into a coma having contracted the novel coronavirus, which left her lungs barely able cope. Doctors performed a caesarian section due to the state of her lungs and...
Handout picture released by the Clinica Versalles showing Diana Paola Angola holding her newborn baby for the first time, after she recovered from the Covid-19 coronavirus, at the Versalles Clinic, on June 23, 2020 in Cali, Colombia. — AFP pic
The case generated “a lot of shock,” Paula Velasquez, a doctor specialising in internal medicine at the Versalles clinic in the southeastern city of Cali, told AFP. Jefferson, though premature, was born without the coronavirus — but doctors said he struggled to breathe, and that they had to revive him.
“A human being can survive from 24 weeks with a good weight, but with a lot of technology and an effect on neurological development and the lungs,” said Velasquez.“It’s really emotional knowing that we fought, that the doctors helped us survive,” she said, her voice faint. With Latin America now the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic, Angela wants her sister and nephew’s case to act as a lesson for others.
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