This story is from August 10, 2020

Deputy commissioner’s wife delivers baby in Gadag govt hospital

At a time when ministers, top government officials and family members are preferring private hospitals for Covid treatment, an IAS officer in Gadag has set an example by admitting his wife to a government hospital for the delivery of their second child.
Deputy commissioner’s wife delivers baby in Gadag govt hospital
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HUBBALLI: At a time when ministers, top government officials and family members are preferring private hospitals for Covid treatment, an IAS officer in Gadag has set an example by admitting his wife to a government hospital for the delivery of their second child.
On Sunday morning, the couple welcomed their baby boy, weighing 3.4kg, at the Gadag Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS). Deputy commissioner M Sundaresh Babu’s decision to admit his wife Shivasankari, 27, will “restore the faith of people in government-run health institutions”, said the hospital.
Babu, who took over as Gadag DC on June 30, told TOI that his wife did pre-delivery consultations at GIMS and took extra precautions due to Covid-19.
The couple’s first child, a three-and-a-half-year-old daughter now, was born in a Tamil Nadu hospital.
Dr Shruti Patil, who performed the C-section surgery, said: “The couple followed all our instructions.... Babu’s wife was rushed to the hospital on Saturday night. Since the foetus had looped itself, we had to perform a surgery on Sunday.”
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