A 26-year-old woman with a hemoglobin level of just 2 (g/dL), battling catastrophic APLA syndrome during her eighth month of pregnancy, has successfully delivered a healthy preterm baby in Mira Road, after a life-saving multidisciplinary intervention.

In a remarkable achievement, a team at Wockhardt Hospitals in Mira Road, led by Dr Rajashri Tayshete Bhasale, consultant obstetrics and gynaecologist and laparoscopic surgeon, consisting of nephrologist Dr Puneet Bhuwania, hematologist Dr. Muralidaran C. successfully treated the pregnant woman who arrived in critical condition with a hemoglobin level of 2 (g/dL) and a rare diagnosis of catastrophic antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APLA). The woman delivered a healthy preterm baby weighing 1.2 kg following an emergency cesarean section and an intensive medical intervention, including plasmapheresis therapy, multiple blood transfusions, and steroid treatments to improve the baby’s lung maturity.