The Argentine newborn baby who was declared
stillborn and put in a refrigerated room at the hospital’s morgue for
nearly 12 hours is now in critical condition. Fox News Latino said baby
Tiny Luz Milagros, or "Miracle Light," is suffering from sepsis and
convulsions along with signs of neurological damage. She is now on a
ventilated room receiving antibiotics treatment.
Dr. Diana
Vesco, neonatology chief at the Perrando hospital in Resistencia in
northern Chaco province, said that the baby’s condition is common to
infants who are born three months premature. She faces a "risk of death
commonly associated with her weight and gestational age at birth," Dr,
Vesco said as the baby’s weight declined from 800 grams to 750 grams.
Five doctors were suspended for declaring the baby as stillborn in
April 3. Neither hospital officials can explain what happened. Claiming
that the hospital has facility with strict procedure when the infant was
born, Jose Luis Meirino , the hospital’s medical director, said there
were even obstetricians, gynecologists and a neonatologist who attended
her.
However, Edward Bell,
a University of Iowa specialist in premature infants considered this as
a remarkable story,citing unusual cases in which someone is declared
clinically dead but signs of life suddenly return. “The morgue's
refrigeration may have saved the baby's life because it likely cooled
down the infant's metabolism and reduced the need for oxygen.”
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