Baby Born Weighing Less Than Chocolate Bar One Of Smallest Ever To Survive

Dubbed a ‘miracle baby’ by staff at Jivanta Children’s Hospital, medical experts originally believed Manushi had a slight 0.5% chance of survival without brain damage.

According to DNA India, Hospital director at Jivanta Children’s Hospital NICU, Dr Sunil Janged, said:

When the baby was born, we were uncertain of what could happen.

She was struggling to breathe, so was immediately put on advanced respiratory support ventilator to expand her tiny, immature lungs.

She could not be fed adequately due to immaturity of her gut.

We had to start the baby on total parenteral nutrition, which basically means giving all the essential nutrients, such as amino acids, lipids, carbohydrates, minerals, multivitamins and trace elements, directly into blood circulation.

Renowned gynaecologist Dr Vimla Jain told the Deccan Herald:

Usually babies who are born weighing under 500 grams have less chances of survival.

Her survival is rare.

Usually body organs of underweight babies, including lungs, heart, brain, kidneys, intestine, skin and adrenals don’t work properly and need artificial support, hence they can’t survive.

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