WOMAN ON COVID-19 VENTILATOR GIVES BIRTH
Sedated and on a ventilator, Nokuthula Gumede fought for
her life in the Netcare Kingsway Hospital’s intensive care unit (ICU) for three
weeks, during which time her baby boy had to be delivered by caesarean section
on July 17.
She had no memory o…
Sedated and on a ventilator, Nokuthula Gumede fought for
her life in the Netcare Kingsway Hospital’s intensive care unit (ICU) for three
weeks, during which time her baby boy had to be delivered by caesarean section
on July 17.
She had no memory of her time under sedation, nor of the
birth of her baby. Her first words when she came around from sedation were,
“Where is my baby?”
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