INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KOLKATA: Doctors at the state-run Burdwan Medical College - Hospital (BMCH) achieved a rare feat by delaying the delivery of a second twin
by 125 days after the first twin's premature delivery at 18 weeks only
The first twin was stillborn
Both the mother and the newborn boy, delivered on November 14,are recovering well.After failing to conceive for years after marriage, the
Pramaniks from a locality near Memari had been trying for a child through IVF.Pampa, the wife, conceived in the second attempt at an IVF
centre in Kolkata in March this year
But in the 18th week, she was rushed to BMCH on July 11 complaining of bleeding with abdominal pain.Doctors found the heartbeat of one of
the twins absent and the cervical canal of the mother open, resulting in the first twin getting a spontaneous premature delivery the next
"We understood that this was a very precious pregnancy for the woman," said gynaecology professor Malay Sarkar under whose unit Pampa was
admitted.The placenta was kept in situ with the umbilical cord tied
A USG on the second unborn was found intact while the placenta of the first twin was found lying in the anterior wall of the uterus
Doctors decided to keep her in the hospital for close monitoring till the second twin could be delivered in full term.A team of Malay
Sarkar, Debobroto Roy, S P Roychowdhury, Krishnapada Das and Arpita Pramanik assembled at the OT along with the anaesthesia team - Sumanta
Ghosh Maulik, Soumen Mandal and their PGTs
Paediatrician Mukut Banerjee was roped in."This is a rare feat," said paediatrician Dibyendu Banerjee, past president of Bengal Obstetrics
and Gynaecological Society and gynaecology head at Charnock Hospital
Woodlands Hospital gynaecology head Ranjit Chakraborty said, "Once one of the twins comes out of the cervix and the cervical canal opens up,
chances of the other twin coming out are high."Pampa will return home with her 2.9 kg bundle of joy named Safalya Pramanik on Saturday
