Chennai: On Thursday, the 23-year-old pregnant woman, who was administered HIV-infected blood during a transfusion at the Sattur Government Hospital in December, delivered a baby girl in Madurai.
It was a normal delivery and both the mother and the new born were fine, Government Rajaji Hospital, Madurai, informed that Dean (in-charge) Dr S Shanmugasundaram.
“This is a term pregnancy and the mother delivered the baby at around 1930 hrs'', he added.
The new born is being treated at the Newborn Intensive Care Unit and a Polymerised Chain Reaction test and a blood test to detect traces of HIV on the child's blood would be conducted.
Stating that the mother was receiving antiviral medication and also since the child weighed only 1.75 kg as against normal and health baby's weight of 2.5 kg to 3.5 kg at birth, it was put on incubator.
To prevent the risk of the child contracting HIV, the child would be given formula feed and breast milk would be avoided, he said.