The newborn baby and her mom (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Doctors of the
have saved a premature baby
weighing 500 gram, the hospital announced on June 7.
Associate Professor, Doctor Vu Ba Quyet, director
of the hospital, said the baby was born on January 26 when she was only 26
weeks old, with an incomplete respiratory system.
After several months of intensive care, the
baby weighs 2.65kg and can be breast-fed
and move. She was discharged from the hospital on June 7.
Preterm births are those that occur
before the start of the 37th week of pregnancy. About 160,000 babies
are born prematurely in Vietnam each year, according to the .
Vietnam has been listed among 42
countries with the highest rates of infant mortality, with premature deaths
accounting for 25 percent of , according to the World Health
Organisation.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
