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Russian woman united with baby after COVID-19 C-section and 51 days on life support

Russian woman united with baby after COVID-19 C-section and 51 days on life support

A Russian woman who was admitted to hospital heavily pregnant and with what doctors said were potentially fatal levels of COVID-19 lung damage was reunited with her newborn baby after spending 51 days on a ventilator and giving birth by C-section. Oksana Shelomentseva was hospitalised in the Siberian city of Irkutsk in the 32nd week of her pregnancy, having had a high fever for three days. A scan showed catastrophic lung damage and that her unborn baby was not receiving enough oxygen. "My temperature rose to 38 degrees Celsius and I battled with it for three days, but it became…
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