‘Positive’ mom gives birth to healthy baby

RAJKOT: A 25-year-old Covid positive woman gave birth to a healthy baby in a government hospital of Surendranagar on Friday.
This is the first incident of successful delivery of Covid positive woman in Surendranagar district. Till now, such cases were referred to Rajkot Civil Hospital.
Official sources said that Sonal Poyla, resident of Danawada village of Muli taluka, was admitted to the hospital on May 22. She was traced during the community surveillance and as per the guidelines, her samples were sent for testing on priority basis.
Poyla gave birth to a baby boy at 7am on Friday. The baby weighs three kg and both mother and child are healthy. The boy’s samples will also be sent for Covid test as per the protocol.
Surendranagar collector K Rajesh said, “We have called our government gynaecologist and took service of private doctor too and prepared a separate room as per the guidelines. Now. we are confident that we don’t need to refer pregnant women testing positive to Rajkot hospitals and deliveries can be performed here itself.”