Apollo Hospitals Successfully save One Week Old Baby amid COVID 19

Team of doctors at Apollo Hospitals perform lifesaving procedure to treat Coarctation of Aorta. Chennai: Apollo Hospitals, Asia’s largest and most trusted multi-specialty chain of hospitals, has successfully completed a lifesaving procedure on a One Week Old baby to treat Coarctation of Aorta, a life-threatening condition that occurs in newborn babies. This condition leads to narrowing of the large blood tube (aorta) that takes blood from the heart to other parts of the body. Coarctation of the aorta is hereditary, usually present at birth and involves other heart defects. If untreated in severe cases it can cause heart failure and death in babies. A boy baby weighing 2.5kg was referred to Apollo Children’s Hospital for treatment. On initial medical examination, the doctors observed shallow breathing and movement restrictions. Further assessments revealed that the main pipe that takes blood to the body was almost near complete blocked. The baby was suffering from a...