Watch: This act of 18-month-old coronavirus positive baby at Chandigarh hospital will leave you in awe

Naina Mishra
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, May 9

A 30-second clip of an 18-month-old girl blowing kisses to nurses at PGI, Chandigarh has gone viral.

In a rare case, the girl had tested positive for coronavirus.

She was treated, cured, and discharged from the hospital. The baby’s mother—who stayed in the hospital—tested negative throughout her admission.

In conversation with The Tribune, the baby’s mother said: “I was taken aback when my baby girl was tested positive. In my worst nightmares, I couldn’t imagine this. I wished I had corona in place of her. Doctors approached me and told me that I will have to stay with her in the hospital to take care of her.”

“The baby used to sleep with me in the night. I used to take all sorts of precautions like wearing gown and masks when I was taking care of her. She would often panic in hospital but we tried our best to win the fight,” she added.

Dean (Academics) & Head, Department of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, Prof. GD Puri, shared details about recent cases being discharged.

“The mother of the little girl who got discharged today, tested negative initially and stayed negative throughout, but had to stay in the hospital to attend to her daughter, who was admitted here in NHE on April 19 after testing positive,” he said.

Dr Puri said: “Mother remained with COVID positive child for three weeks and didn’t become positive. This proves that if one takes precautions you can avoid contracting this infection. Don’t treat COVID patients like untouchable. They also need care.”

Nursing Officer, Narindra Tyagi in the video, said: “The baby was asymptomatic throughout as we took good care of her. We need to fight this disease with good spirits.”