March 1, 2019
ÎçÒ¹¾ç³¡ Hospital
In February 2019, a baby boy who weighed just 268 grams at birth was released from ÎçÒ¹¾ç³¡ Hospital¡¯s Department of Pediatrics, headed by Prof. Takao Takahashi. Born at 24 weeks, the extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infant spent five months in the hospital¡¯s neonatal unit and was cared for by attending physicians Assistant Prof. Takeshi Arimitsu and Associate Prof. Mariko Hida. The world¡¯s smallest baby boy left the hospital in good health without any major complications.
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