Doctors from the Perinatal Medical Center at the Chongqing Health Center for Women and Children rescue an ultra-premature baby on April 16, 2019. [Photo provided by CQHCWC]

Doctors from the Perinatal Medical Center of Chongqing Health Center for Women and Children (CQHCWC) worked tirelessly to rescue five ultra-premature infants through the night of April 16, 2019, into the early hours of April 17, 2019, according to officials at CQHCWC, located in the city of Chongqing in southwestern China.

On April 16, two pregnant women with twins and one with a single baby started labor after various birth-preserving measures were adopted in obstetrics, which inevitably resulted in ultra-premature delivery – given that the average gestational age of the three pregnant women was only 24 weeks, officials said.

In view of the critical situation, Chen Zhen, deputy director of the Obstetrics Department, immediately initiated the prenatal multidisciplinary emergency consultation model of the Perinatal Medical Center.

A nurse (first, right) sets up an incubator with a ventilator for transferring a baby from operation room to the neonatal intensive care unit on April 16. [Photo provided by CQHCWC]

As a result, experts from the obstetrics, neonatology, ultrasound and other departments, as well as specially appointed experts from the Perinatal Medical Center -- including Professor Gerhard Jorch from the Perinatal Medical Center of the University of Magdeburg in Germany -- discussed the optimal diagnosis and treatment options for the five ultra-premature babies.

Finally, the delivery mode and the treatment plan was finalized according to the wishes of the women and their families.

After overnight rescue and treatment, the five newborns were born safely.

During the treatment, hospital officials said the doctors utilized all the necessary medical means to provide scientific and effective respiratory support to five babies.

This maximized the stability of their respiratory circulation in the early stage of birth.