18 August,2017 08:37 AM IST | Chandigarh | Agencies
The 10-year-old rape victim, whose abortion plea was turned down by the Supreme Court, yesterday delivered a baby through C-section at one of the government hospitals here, a senior doctor said
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The 10-year-old rape victim, whose abortion plea was turned down by the Supreme Court, yesterday delivered a baby through C-section at one of the government hospitals here, a senior doctor said. The girl's condition is stable.
"The minor girl delivered a baby through C-section this morning. The infant's weight is 2.2 kg and has been admitted to neo-natal ICU. As far as the girl is concerned, she is stable and will be kept in a separate room," Dr Dasari Harish, chairperson of the committee that had been constituted for treatment of the rape victim, said, adding the infant was slightly underweight. "We hope the baby also recovers."
Dr Dasari described the C-section procedure, which was carried out at the hospital, as "uneventful", though it was a "high-risk pregnancy". "A team of doctors was involved in delivering the child. In the team, there were three gynaecologists, an anaesthetist, a neonatologist and a paediatrician," he said.
The girl was unaware that she had delivered a child. Her parents had told her that she has a stone in her stomach and she had to be operated for that. Her father had requested the hospital authorities that the newborn be put up for adoption.
