Petersburg rescued a pregnant woman who spent 18 days on a ventilator

Petersburg hospital. Semashko saved the life of a 36-year-old pregnant woman who spent more than a month on oxygen support. An unvaccinated patient contracted the coronavirus at 28 weeks, the city health committee said.

A woman at the 7th month of pregnancy was admitted to the hospital from maternity hospital No. 6 on December 3 – she had a dry cough, a sore throat, and her temperature rose to 37.7. She was diagnosed with covid.

Despite treatment, the expectant mother developed community-acquired bilateral viral pneumonia, and the infection progressed to a severe course.

The woman spent 10 days on a non-invasive ventilator, 18 days already on a ventilator. The “cytokine storm” progressed, the patient was in an artificial coma for two days. It was not until January 5 that she finally began to breathe on her own.

On January 24, doctors performed a caesarean section on her – a girl weighing 1980 grams was born. The operation was successful, now the mother and daughter are under the supervision of doctors.

Recall that on January 27, in the St. Petersburg art space mArs (Marsovo Pole, 3), a meeting will be held with biologist Anna Malachicheva “From children from a test tube to stem cells and back: pro and contra of technology development.”