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Since the beginning of the pandemic, UMBAL has provided mothers of premature babies with the opportunity to see them via Viber.
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Theodora’s two babies, born in the 8th month, and the 4-year-old their sister is orphaned because the father died shortly before their birth
It is not yet clear who will take care of the babies, because the parents were not married
Coronavirus infection killed 32-year-old Teodora from Karnobat, who was admitted to UMHAT-Burgas, 8 months pregnant. The woman died at 7 pm on March 16 in the intensive care unit, the hospital said. The cause of death was respiratory failure.
After
her condition
got worse, she
was intubated
and was on command breathing for two days.
On March 15, the University Hospital announced that the patient was already breathing on her own, but even then they clarified that the condition remained very serious.
As “24 Hours” wrote the day before, Theodora managed to see her twins on Viber, who were degenerated in an emergency last week. The neonatology department showed a recording of the babies who will stay in the hospital for a long time.
They, as well as their 4-year-old sister, remain orphans, as the father died of complications from coronavirus days before. Hristo, 36, died in the intensive care unit of UMHAT-Burgas, where he was taken by the lung hospital. This happened a few days before doctors urgently degenerated the twins Theodora was carrying. A few days after his death, the woman also got worse.
“Hristo never managed to recognize his boys. He and Theodora were not married, but they lived well, of course. However, now what will happen to the children – it is not clear yet “, commented people from Karnobat.
“The babies are fine, but they will stay with us until they reach a certain condition and weight. They are under constant specialized care. Each of them weighs 1,600 grams, “said the day before” 24 Hours “the head of neonatology Dr. Stiliana Tomova.
After being discharged from the hospital, the two twins will likely be placed in a “Mother and Child Home” for rearing until they reach a weight of 2,500 grams, medics explained.
The young couple fell ill at the same time – in early March. Both were overweight and had concomitant illnesses. The pregnant woman had diabetes and thrombosis, so on March 6 she was admitted to the infectious diseases department of the University Hospital, and the man – in the pulmonary hospital.. However, his condition deteriorated sharply and he died of acute heart failure.
People are already calling,
ready to help
with what they can to the family, to the children, but the case with them is legal “, said the mayor of Karnobat Georgi Dimitrov.
He specified that the situation in the city is difficult and the medics are at their limit. Of the 25 COVID beds discovered at the local hospital, 25 are occupied. The more severe cases are transported to Burgas.
“We have what we need, we have medicines, including remdesivir,” the mayor said.
The newly infected in Karnobat as of March 16 are 16, and among them there are children – at least 4 years old.
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