A. I cannot forget April 14, 1996 – the day a baby was born for the first time in Chennai to a HIV positive mother. The lady had come from Salem ahead of her due delivery date and those were days when obstetricians refused to take in HIV pregnant women for delivery. We managed to persuade one doctor to deliver the baby, but unfortunately when the woman went into labor the doctor was not in town. We took the woman in an ambulance and knocked many doors to no avail and we could almost see the baby’s head pushing out. A gutsy team member asked me to step aside (because people started identifying me with AIDS cases), took the ambulance to a maternity clinic, admitted the lady as an emergency case without telling anyone the lady was HIV positive, had the baby delivered by the obstetrician and we quietly had the mother and baby discharged in couple of days. It was such a relief that the baby tested HIV negative.
Thursday, June 14, 2012
It was such a relief that the baby tested HIV negative.
. Your life must surely have many moments that you cannot forget, can you single out one such moment for our readers?
A. I cannot forget April 14, 1996 – the day a baby was born for the first time in Chennai to a HIV positive mother. The lady had come from Salem ahead of her due delivery date and those were days when obstetricians refused to take in HIV pregnant women for delivery. We managed to persuade one doctor to deliver the baby, but unfortunately when the woman went into labor the doctor was not in town. We took the woman in an ambulance and knocked many doors to no avail and we could almost see the baby’s head pushing out. A gutsy team member asked me to step aside (because people started identifying me with AIDS cases), took the ambulance to a maternity clinic, admitted the lady as an emergency case without telling anyone the lady was HIV positive, had the baby delivered by the obstetrician and we quietly had the mother and baby discharged in couple of days. It was such a relief that the baby tested HIV negative.
A. I cannot forget April 14, 1996 – the day a baby was born for the first time in Chennai to a HIV positive mother. The lady had come from Salem ahead of her due delivery date and those were days when obstetricians refused to take in HIV pregnant women for delivery. We managed to persuade one doctor to deliver the baby, but unfortunately when the woman went into labor the doctor was not in town. We took the woman in an ambulance and knocked many doors to no avail and we could almost see the baby’s head pushing out. A gutsy team member asked me to step aside (because people started identifying me with AIDS cases), took the ambulance to a maternity clinic, admitted the lady as an emergency case without telling anyone the lady was HIV positive, had the baby delivered by the obstetrician and we quietly had the mother and baby discharged in couple of days. It was such a relief that the baby tested HIV negative.
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