Hyderabad, May 24 -- Two fragile premature twin boys born in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, weighing just 1.4 kg and 1.5 kg, were fighting for their lives due to severe infections when they were urgently airlifted to KIMS Cuddles Hospital in Kondapur, Hyderabad.
This marked the first time premature twins were transferred by air ambulance to the Telugu states.
Dr Aparna C, Clinical Director of Neonatology and Head of NICU at KIMS Cuddles, shared details of this extraordinary case. One twin was critically ill during transfer, suffering from both a fungal infection and a drug-resistant bacterial infection (Klebsiella), which led to multi-organ failure.
He was immediately put on a ventilator and given multiple medications, including blood pressure ...