Arunachal: Doctors perform successful operation of a Covid-19 patient pregnant woman

While showing a kind of good works by doctors toward their patient despite a covid-19 positive, first-ever surgery on a covid-19 patient was performed today in DCH, North Eastern Institute of Folk Medicines by a team of doctors, nursing officers, and supporting staffs from Bakin Pertin General Hospital, Pasighat.

A patient of advanced pregnancy requiring surgical intervention was successfully operated on by the team and consequently blessed by a healthy female baby.

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The team led by Dr. Binpi Karlo, Gynecologist, and supported by Dr. Yamini Taloh Anesthesiologist, Dr. Gagam Dai Senior Pediatrician, Marshal Panyang Nursing Officer, Otam Taloh Nursing Officer, and Jeeten OT boy, informed District Medical Officer, Dr. Kaling Dai. “It was a tough procedure with suffocation and poor visibility with wearing Personal Protective Equipment”, said the operating doctor.

However, the team created history by successfully accomplishing the procedure in trying conditions for the first time in DCH Pasighat. “I congratulate the team from the core of my heart for saving the lives of the mother and a child by risking their own lives in a pandemic situation. Their guts and grit set a benchmark for all service providers and re-ignite the true spirit of serving the people in need”, added DMO, Dr. Dai.

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