Sassoon docs save two pregnant women with rare condition

DR SANJAYKUMAR TAMBE, HEAD, OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY DEPARTMENT AT SGH, EMPHASIZED THE NEED TO REDUCE UNNECESSARY CAESAREAN SECTIONS TO PREVENT SUCH COMPLICATIONS

- Vicky Pathare

PUNE: Doctors at Sassoon General Hospital (SGH) successfully saved two young pregnant women suffering from a rare and life-threatening condition called Placenta Accreta Spectrum (PAS). Both women, under the age of 30, had a history of multiple cesarean sections, which led to severe complications during their pregnancies, said officials.

The first case includes a 25-year-old woman who was 33 weeks pregnant and was referred to SGH from a private hospital on March 20 after doctors detected placenta increta—a condition where the placenta deeply embeds into the uterine wall. She had a history of three previous cesarean deliveries and three abortions, they said.