RAJKOT: It took this three-month-old infant girl of Rajkot only 14 days to defeat dreaded
coronavirus and return home victorious in her battle with
Covid-19 on Tuesday.
According to PDU hospital sources,
Shivani Solanki, a resident of
Domda village in Padadhri taluka was admitted in the hospital on September 9 with complaints of cold, cough, and fever and also of breathing problems. The baby tested
Covid positive on the same day and had to be shifted to a high-flow oxygen machine as she had significant respiratory problems.
According to doctors treating the infant, Shivani was put on oxygen for eight days and after her condition improved she was shifted on room oxygen on September 17. “Paediatric doctors treated Shivani and we are very happy that the baby could defeat
Covid in such a short time of 14 days only. She is completely healthy now and we have discharged her,” medical superintendent R S Trivedi told TOI.
Meanwhile, three people tested positive in Rajkot on Tuesday. According to
Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) at present total nine people in
Rajkot city are under Covid treatment. The city reported 42,817 total Covid cases so far.