Kolhapur, Maharashtra

The following is the confirmed medical status as documented by Sai Sparsh Children's Hospital, Kolhapur, dated 14/07/2026:

Patient : Baby of Shobha Vitthal Navi (Male)

Age at Last Update: 15 Days

Birth Weight : 820 grams (Extremely Low Birth Weight — ELBW)

Gestational Age at Birth :32 weeks (Preterm — 8 weeks early)

Date of Admission: 29/06/2026

Hospital: Sai Sparsh Children's Hospital, Kolhapur

Expected NICU Duration: 10 to 12 more weeks

Diagnosed With:

• Prematurity (32 weeks) with Extremely Low Birth Weight (ELBW) — born 8 weeks too early at just 820 grams, when most organs were still developing

• Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS) — underdeveloped lungs unable to sustain independent breathing; currently on non-invasive ventilation (CPAP SIMV) with 70% oxygen requirement

• Meconium (1 MCH) — presence of meconium at birth, indicating foetal distress during delivery and increasing the risk of lung complications

• Haemolytic Disease of the Newborn (HDN, JNR-2.6) — a condition where the mother's antibodies attack the baby's red blood cells, causing severe anaemia and dangerously high bilirubin levels (jaundice)

• Anaemia of Prematurity — low red blood cell count common in extremely preterm infants, requiring monitoring and potential transfusions

Current Treatment Requirements

• Non-invasive ventilation (CPAP SIMV) with 70% FiO2 — machine-assisted breathing as lungs are not yet strong enough to work independently

• Intravenous Meropenem — a broad-spectrum antibiotic to treat and prevent serious bacterial infections

• Linezolid and Colistin via IV — last-line antibiotics used only for resistant or severe infections, indicating the seriousness of the baby's vulnerability

• Inj. Kidrol 10% at 3 mL/hour — IV glucose to maintain blood sugar and provide energy

• Ryle's Tube (RT) feeding at 0.5 mL every 4 hours — nutrition delivered through a tube as the gut is too immature for oral feeds

• Continuous monitoring of oxygen levels, heart rate, bilirubin, blood pressure, and temperature around the clock
  Estimated Total Cost Of Hospitalization : ₹7,00,000
  ( ₹5,00,000 - NICU / PICU Care (10–12 weeks) & ₹2,00,000 - Medicines)
  An 820-gram baby on ventilators, fighting active infections and Haemolytic Disease simultaneously, is not just fragile — every system in his body is under attack at the same time. His lungs cannot breathe independently. His red blood cells are being destroyed by his own immune system. His liver is struggling to process the resulting bilirubin buildup. And his gut is too immature to take even the smallest oral feed.
  The margin for error is zero. Every hour of care is critical.
  Shobha sits beside her son every day in Kolhapur — far from her village in Karnataka, far from everything familiar — willing him to survive. Vitthal works whatever he can find to pay for another day of care. Between them, they are holding on by a thread.
  The bill will reach ₹7 lakhs before their baby is well enough to go home. That is more money than this family has ever seen in one place.
  She lost one baby. She is fighting with everything she has to not lose another.
  Please help her bring him home.

Sai Sparsh Children's Hospital