One of the smallest premature babies in the world was discharged from hospital in UAE
A girl born on June 24, 2020 weighing 250 grams was discharged from a hospital in Abu Dhabi in the UAE the day before, writes the Gulf News newspaper.
The baby was born at the 24th week of pregnancy. The girl's height at birth was only 29 centimeters, while the norm was 47.5 – 60 centimeters. At the same time, the normal birth weight is 2.5 – 4.5 kilograms.
It is noted that the parents named the girl Latifa. She spent 177 days in the intensive care unit for newborns. It currently weighs 3,825 grams.
According to doctors, the recovery of such a little girl is a real miracle. A team of specialists fought for the child's life, which consisted of surgeons, cardiologists, ophthalmologists, hematologists, physiotherapists and neurologists. Parents were allowed to pick up the baby only when she was two months old.
According to the register of the American University of Iowa, the youngest premature baby in the world is considered to be a girl named Saby, who was born weighing 245 grams in 2018 in San Diego. Two years ago, the world's smallest premature boy was discharged from a hospital in Japan. At birth, he weighed 258 grams.
Recall that last summer, surgeons of the Chelyabinsk Regional Children's Clinical Hospital performed a unique operation on a girl born with a weight of 600 grams. The baby's stomach, intestines and spleen were displaced into the chest,
