22-days-old baby discharged after recovering from COVID-19

A 22-days-old baby has recently been discharged from the pediatric ward of Gotri Hospital and returned home after recovering from COVID-19. Pediatrician of Gotri Hospital, Prof. Dr. Nimisha Pandya said that young children are less likely to get coronavirus because of the low ACE-2 receptor. Hence, they do not get infected quickly. She further added that during the initial corona transition, they used to admit all the young pediatric patients, but now as per the government’s guidelines the children are provided with home isolation. If the child develops a severe symptom, then they are admitted to the hospital’s COVID ICU.

Co-Professor of the pediatric ward at Gotri Hospital and Nodal Officer of the COVID ward, Ritesh Parmar said that young children are recovering with treatment with drugs like paracetamol, Vitamin -C, and Zinc. Children with low ACE-2 receptors are less likely to be infected with COVID-19. They recover quickly. A child who has been up to date with all vaccinations has a good immune system and recover quickly. Out of 74 children who were treated at Gotri Hospital, 3 patients were under the age of one year, while 22 patients ranged in age from 1-5 years, and 49 patients treated were above the age of 5.

He added, “Globally the Mortality Rate from Coronavirus is between 1%- 2%. If we talk about Vadodara, the Mortality Rate can be considered as 1.35%. The children who came to Gotri Hospital are recovering in 4-5 days and returning home.

In the last 6 months, 74 corona infected children have been treated by pediatricians in the pediatric department. One specially-abled girl died during treatment among the patients, while 41 have been kept in home isolation, and 21 discharged from the hospital.