A Czech hospital successfully delivered a healthy baby girl from a woman who was brain-dead for 117 days, in the 34th week of gestation, British media The Independent along with other major international outlets reported.

The baby was born on Aug. 15 via Caesarean section.

She weighed 2.13kg and measured 42cm.

The hospital, Brno's University Hospital, highlighted on Sept. 2 that this was a new record for an artificially sustained pregnancy in a brain-dead mother.

Lékaři a zdravotní sestry FN Brno přepsali dějiny medicíny. 117 dnů udrželi vitální funkce u gravidní ženy ve stavu mozkové smrti. Poté porodila zdravou holčičku.https://t.co/83dEHMLYpH pic.twitter.com/YKU0wo3K9k

— FN Brno (@FNBrno) September 2, 2019

Mother suffered a severe stroke

Reuters reported that the mother suffered a severe stroke in April and was rushed to the hospital via helicopter.

At that time, she had been carrying the fetus for 15 weeks.

She was declared brain-dead shortly after reaching hospital.

Put on artificial life support to save the child

Doctors subsequently resorted to putting the woman on artificial life support in an attempt to save the child.

Euronews reported that the effort involved specialists from multiple departments, including anesthesiology, resuscitation, intensive care, obstetrics and gynaecology.

Special attention was paid by the hospital to nutrition, so as to secure the mother's energy needs and ensure the foetus' growth and development.

The woman's legs were also regularly moved to simulate walking so as to aid the child's growth.

CNA reported that nurses "talked" to the foetus, while her grandmother read her fairytale stories.

Four infections occurred

The pregnancy had its complications in the form of four infections that required the use of antibiotics.

A gynaecological council established that the baby's weight had grown to 980g by June 24, and to 1.5kg by mid-July, as per Euronews.

Taken off life support after birth

Medical staff subsequently took the baby's mother off the hospital's life-support systems after the birth in the presence of the baby's father and other family members.

The child is currently being breastfed by her aunt, who also has a baby.

Pavel Ventruba, head of gynecology and obstetrics at the hospital, said: "This has really been an extraordinary case when the whole family stood together ... without their support and their interest it would never have finished this way."

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