61 دیدگاه برای “این دکتر اختصاصی در آفریقای جنوبی هرگز”

  1. [567g baby](https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article10608667.ece/ALTERNATES/s810/SWNS_PREMATURE_BABY_008.jpg) 1lb4oz

    Smallest to ever survive is [mid 8oz or 240g](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/worlds-smallest-surviving-baby-born-8794175)

    edit: It’s only been [80 years](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/man-who-pretended-be-doctor-ran-worlds-fair-attraction-saved-lives-thousands-premature-babies-180960200/) since the idea of keeping premies alive was considered quackery and had to be funded by using them as attractions at the Chicago World’s Fair

  3. My father was born in distress due to Rh sensitization. The doctor wanted to try a brand new technique of a full blood transfer. Due to it being a new procedure he needed a second doctor to sign off on it and assist. The second doctor didn’t believe it would work and told my grandparents “I don’t know why your doing this, he’s going to die anyway.”

  5. 450g is like the amount of watermelon I have in a single bite.
    This is truly amazing

  7. My daughter was 490g. But complications caused her to pass away. I still miss her. She’d be 2 months old this week if she survived.

  11. This is incredible, if not somewhat unbelievable. Neonates that small have more respiratory issues than just apnea of prematurity. Apnea of prematurity is basically when they forget to take a breath, and gentle stimulation (like rubbing the chest) *will* usually remind them to breathe. But it is something that will persist for many weeks – not just overnight. More importantly, I’m willing to bet that this mother did not receive antenatal steroids which are given when preterm birth is expected to help their lungs develop quickly. Even *with* the steroids, babies born this little have major issues with lung compliance – basically their lungs are extremely stiff and cannot fully expand. They require intubation and artificial surfactant (a lubricant that allows the lungs to expand) to be administered directly into their lungs. They cannot coordinate suck/swallow/breathe until 34 weeks gestational age so I’m wondering what they did for nutrition. I’m assuming they had some sort of humidified isolette to regulate the baby’s temperature, as they are not yet able to maintain their temps on their own and hypothermia can be extremely detrimental, if not fatal, to neonates.

    If this is true, this is nothing short of a miracle. While the doctor rubbing her chest for one night may have helped – there would have been *MANY* more miraculous occurrences at play.

  12. I hardly believe this. Rubbing her chest for every breath? Completely healthy?

    The vast majority of 22 week premmies have life long disability if they *do* survive. And that’s with advanced Western care, not some random guy rubbing chests in Africa.

  13. “Hey Doctor Alastair, stop rubbing that babies chest, you are wasting your time!” Really?

  16. Sometimes it’s the little bits of good in the world that helps us all out, all my love brothers and sisters x.

  18. dedicated + doctor made me read it as “dictator in south africa” and I was very, very confused

  19. My sister went through something similar the last month and a half. Her baby got meningitis in the hospital as a premature birth. Almost didn’t make it. The little champ only issue now is the milk production is not fast enough for his appetite. Oh and diaper changes, he hates them but to be honest who likes to be put o a table grab by the legs and get their butt wiped with cold wet tissue? This story made me smile and I hope in a few years he is starting the little leagues.

  20. PICU nurse here. We had a patient who weighed 330 grams at birth. She had a rough run. Multiple surgeries, seizures, cardiac arrests… She’s 4 now and is looking beautiful! Definitely one of the happiest stories we have. (And sadly, sometimes those are rare).

  21. Ok so at the risk of sounding like a dick… How many other patients died/suffered because this doctor chose to spend 2 nights making sure this one baby was breathing?

  23. Ok I feel stupid. I just read South Africa in the title and read that as 450 KG baby. I thought this was a story about a Veterinarian birthing and Elephant calf and was very confused by the ballet part.

  27. People who can save the lives of children when all hope seems lost.. I think they are some of the greatest heroes.

  29. Call me shitty but… If he delivered the baby then is he the OBGYN? Because if so then he was wasting his time as in he could have been making other deliveries and have rotating nurses handle the issue.

  30. Someone told you, you were wasting your time trying to save a life. I really have trouble believing this to be honest and I’m not trying to pick holes in your story, but yeah just have trouble believing that’s true.

  31. Meanwhile the rest of the world would’ve celebrated killing the baby under the guise of abortion.

  35. What kind of pos consultant says trying to save or comfort a baby is a waste of time? Wtf?

  36. Amazing. Small babies like that are really inspiring to me. They are on the edge of life and death, and nothing can drive them towards the side of life except for the determination of themselves and those around them. It all comes down to a force of will, and we saw and incredible force of will from the baby and the doctor. It’s impossible to say who put more energy into it, as they were both going ‘beyond maximum’. This story is an incredible testament to the strength of will. I’m stoked. I Hope everyone reading this gets stoked as well and has an incredible day today.

  39. Pretty amazing, in 1992 I was born at three pounds a quarter ounce… and they said I wasn’t going to live. Medical tech has come a long way in 20 years.

  44. How do you know he’s a doctor? He might just be some weird guy who likes to rub strange babies.

  53. My aunt told my other aunt to let my cousin die because he was born with a heart desease… I don’t understand how someone can be such a bitch

  56. What does rubbing the chest do for breathing in a premature baby? From a medical standpoint, I mean.

  60. Saw a 392 gram baby on my clinical rotation a few weeks ago. While trying to absorb the reality of it I also struggled knowing the chicfila I ate for lunch was nearly double that weight.

    I like nuggets.

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