Critical moms and babies saved by local hospitals

By Cai Wenjun | August 29, 2014, Friday |

Online Edition

The level of care provided to pregnant women and newborn babies in Shanghai has improved significantly over the past seven years, the city’s family planning commission claimed yesterday.

Since the establishment in 2007 of a network of five specialist centers, about 2,500 mothers-to-be and 15,000 at-risk newborns have received potentially lifesaving treatment, it said.

Last year alone, 517 women and more than 4,900 newborns were “saved,” it said.

The mortality rate among pregnant women in Shanghai — both natives and migrant workers who have lived in the city for more than six months — is now 7.08 per 100,000, officials from the Shanghai Health and Family Planning Commission told a forum on maternal and infant health.

The city’s infant mortality rate is 5.73 for every 1,000, they said, adding that both ratios are comparable with those of developed countries.

In a recent case, a team of more than 40 medics from the Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, and other leading hospitals saved the life of a pregnant woman suffering from an amniotic fluid embolism.

The 31-year-old mom-to-be went into a coma but following extensive treatment, her child was delivered by cesarean section.

The baby boy, however is seriously ill, having been deprived of oxygen in the womb as a result of his mother’s trauma. He is currently being treated at Shanghai Children’s Hospital, but doctors have said he might have cerebral palsy.

Metro Health and Science

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Critical moms and babies saved by local hospitals

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