4 day-old baby given platelets

The four-day-old baby whose mother Gudimalla Sona died of suspected dengue after giving birth was given single donor platelets for the second time in as many days at the private hospital in Mancherial where he is being taken care of.

Mancherial District Medical and Health Officer A. Bhishma told The Hindu on Saturday that the vitals of the child were stable.

It may be recalled that Sona was the fourth victim of suspected dengue in the Gudimalla family of Sri Srinagar in Mancherial who died on October 30 in a private hospital in Hyderabad having delivered the baby boy the previous day. The child too had his platelet count plunging which necessitated infusion of platelets.