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New Delhi, Nov 6 (PTI) A baby girl born at just 22 weeks and 5 days of gestation, weighing only 525 grams, has survived after spending 105 days in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), officials said on Thursday.

According to a statement released by the hospital, the baby, who now weighs 2.010 kilograms, is among the rare few to survive at such an early stage of birth. She has been discharged from Cloudnine Hospital, Patparganj.

The parents, Divya and Sahil Taneja from East Delhi’s Patparganj, had conceived through IVF after facing infertility and a previous miscarriage. The baby was delivered prematurely by C-section when Divya went into labour at 22 weeks, the statement said.

Soon after birth, the baby was intubated, resuscitated and shifted to the NICU.

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