The second wave of Coronavirus disease is creating havoc everywhere and the infection has been observed in infants and in children of 12-13 years of age. The infection is most often passed on to them by the adults. Cases have been reported in which a pregnant woman given birth to a corona positive baby. Dr. Sheila said it's important to take care of the children at home if they are infected. The effects of infection were more pronounced in children with anemia, malnutrition, and pneumonia. Some children even had blood transfusions. The relief was that 80 to 85 per cent of the infected children recovered from the home treatment. A 10-bed Pediatric Covid Facility was set up in the Pediatric Department which proved to be very useful in intensive indoor treatment of over 23 infected children. A total of 135 children were diagnosed in Covid OPD and out of which 71 tested negative while reports of 64 resulted in positive. 41 out of 64 positives were placed under home treatment as they had

Author-Shlok Talati