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A pregnant woman from Padang Lembu, Malaysia was visiting her husband working in Singapore when she had to give birth via an emergency caesarian section due to gestational hypertension. The baby was born on Aug 22 after a gestation period of just six monthsPremature baby born in Singapore to Malaysia couple needs estimated $460k for medical bills
A pregnant woman from Padang Lembu, Malaysia was visiting her husband working in Singapore when she had to give birth via an emergency caesarian section due to gestational hypertension. The baby was born on Aug 22 after a gestation period of just six months, and weighed only 705g, said the baby's grandfather, Jiang Tingfeng (transliteration), who held a press conference in their village near Gurun, Kedah, on Friday (Sept 6). Jiang told Malaysian media that his pregnant daughter-in-law had gone to visit his son, Yipeng (transliteration), the previous day with their five-year-old. The newborn, named Junxuan (transliteration), is currently in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) and is expected to stay there for the first 120 days of his life, China Press reported. «He is still in critical condition and, according to doctors, due to his extremely premature birth, he is also facing some complications,» the elder Jiang said. «The oesophagus is not yet fully developed and he cannot consume milk normally, thus he requires constant monitoring.» Read more