Quadruplet babies born to Kasargod couple, one dies after month long battle

April 3, 2012

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Mangalore, April 3: A very rare case of four babies of same sex in a single birth (quadruplets) succeeded nearly a month of life by the team effort of highly qualified doctors and medical personals led by Dr Ali kumble in tertiary centre, lndiana Hospital, Mangalore.

However, one among the four babies died on Monday, April 2.

Dr Yusuf kumble Managing Director of the Hospital told media persons that with this Indiana Hospital and Heart Institute's medical team achieved a new milestone in Indian pediatric healthcare.

Aysha Tahira and Latheef hailing from kasargod were not blessed with offspring's for many years. After a prolonged period of waiting they were quite happy to come to know that Aysha has conceived. But the happiness did not last for long time as she delivered prematurely four babies in a single birth. Gynecologist Dr Veena Manjunath was surprised to see new babies one after the other.

The parents were informed that the chance of survival of these babies were extremely rare. Quadruplet incidences occur once in 70 lakh births. These babies survival for more than one week is extremely rare especially if they are very premature. Also it is very expensive and life saving support is required in a high tech care center to make them survive.

Dr Yousuf Kumble said that the four babies got admitted at Indiana hospital's NICU on March 11, this year. Team of doctors led by Dr Ali Kumble took it as a challenge and with their effort babies survived since their admission. Financial support was offered by the hospital management as the father was not in a position to support all the four babies.

“What makes our case still more fascinating is that babies being treated here are identical quadruplet which occurs once in every 13 million births. There are only 60 such cases on record worldwide and it is extremely challenging to ensure they survive into infancy especially if they are born premature at 26 weeks of pregnancy and weigh between 500 to 900 grams”, he said.

He said multiple pregnancies are high risk pregnancies and are associated with increased neonatal morbidity and mortality. The frequency of multiple pregnancies has increased in the past 2 decades, mostly as a result of assisted reproductive techniques for infertile couples.

The average period of gestation in quadruplet pregnancy is 31.2 weeks and the average weight is 1.362 kg as per the literature available. In this case the period of gestation was only 26 weeks and the weights being 900 grams for the first two and 580 grams for the other two offspring, the average weight being only 740 grams, perhaps the first such case of preterm identical quadruplets that goes on record in India, he said.

Dr Kumble said the babies pose serious challenges to both the pediatricians and the family, right from ensuring their survival to the many complications they may develop during their course of hospital stay. “We need to ensure they maintain a normal breathing pattern and tolerate the feed given ok them. Strict hygiene and sanitation to avoid sepsis is a benchmark for ensuring survival of such extremely low birth weight babies. That is why handling and care is undertaken by skilled and experienced nurses assigned specifically for this role”, he said.

“We have taken utmost caution in providing only the mother's milk to the newborns. They have now entered the fourth week of life when chances of intolerance to feeds are high. Survival of such babies beyond the first four weeks of life greatly improves the clinical outcome”, he said.

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Kusuma Kumari G
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Monday, 14 Mar 2016

A VERY GOOD NEWS FOR PARENTS BECAUSE GOD HAS BLESSED THEM WITH FOUR WONDEFUL KIDS.

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Chikkamgaluru, Feb 21: Wazi Noronha, aka, Vojald, the father of Amulya Leona Noronha, who lives in Koppa taluk of Chickmagalur district has said that he was shocked by his daughter’s pro-Pakistan slogans.

“Let her rot in jail. I don’t mind if police break her bones, I don’t support what she said and I will not approach lawyers for her bail. She has committed a grave mistake,” he said.

Amulya, a 19-year-old student activist, was booked for sedition yesterday after she raised ‘Long Live Pakistan’ slogans at a CAA-NRC rally. A visibly embarrassed Asaduddin Owaisi, AIMIM chief and MP tried to snatch the mic away from her and slammed her. Karnataka Police have registered a case under IPC Section 124A (Offence of sedition) against Amulya.

Mr. Wazi, who owns a two-acre areca plantation and runs a poultry farm, said he would not make any attempts to get her bail. “Let the law take its course. I cannot approve of her statement,” he said.

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Mr. Wazi also admitted that he was associated with BJP and had worked for saffronite leaders like Shobha Karandlaje and D N Jeevaraj.

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April 10,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 10: Complaints have been registered after it came to light that the conditional permission to enter the Dakshina Kannada district for non-COVID-19 patients from Kerala has been misused on two occasions.

Police said on Friday that the Patients are allowed into the district after filling an online form and getting it authorised from the medical officer from Kasargod district hospital.

On April 9, a patient had arrvived at the district hospital complaining of head ache. After preliminary check up by the physician he left in an ambulance that had arrived from Kasargod earlier carrying another patient without informing the physician.

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"An ambulance service is currently being rolled out by the Department of Animal Husbandry in order to maintain livestock health, livestock farmers in the state," said Prabhu Chauhan.

"A well-equipped ambulance is being provided in 16 districts of the state," he added.

The ambulance that is being introduced has special veterinary facilities including an emergency unit, lab facility, scanning pharmaceutical, and medical equipment, he said.

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