In a first, pancreas transplant recipient delivers healthy baby at PGIMER

Expressing her happiness at the successful delivery in this high-risk case, PGI Obstetrics in-charge Prof Seema Chopra said, “There were different opinions as she was considered to be a high-risk patient given her past history of diabetes, hypertension, and kidney failure. Ultimately, after consultation with the obstetrics team, she decided to proceed ahead. Fortunately, her glucose, blood pressure, and kidney function remained within normal limits throughout the pregnancy. However, in view of the high-risk status, it was decided to perform a ccesarean section at nine months and she delivered a female baby of weight 2.5 kg with uneventful recovery.”

The mother of the newly born baby girl was diagnosed to be suffering from type one diabetes since the age of 13 (in 2005) when she developed loss of consciousness and had been she had been under treatment at PGI since then.

Head of the institute’s Endocrinology department, Prof Sanjay Bhadada, said: “The mother’s diabetes was labile and required more than 70 units of insulin every day along with strict monitoring of blood glucose.”